How Do You Clean While FIGHTING DEPRESSION?

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Mack, I'm a psychologist and this is such a great video on what psychologists call "behavior activation" that I'm keeping this to share with patients. I enjoy you normally but this video is outstanding. Thanks for what you do.

When i had depression, i finally realized it’s not that i don’t want to live, but that i don’t want to live like this. 🙂

Currently living in a pigsty of my own making, paralysed by PTSD and depression and homesickness, but "moose are notoriously opaque" made me smile ❤

26:02 "it's your bully to fight but it doesn't mean you can't bring a friend to the brawl" is one of the hardest lines I've ever heard across all media

"Empathy is not an option; it's a requirement." I love that quote!!!

I tell myself "Okay, even if I'm still depressed when I've finished this thing, at least I'll be depressed with clean socks/scooped litter/groceries in the fridge." And having those things WILL help me feel a little better.

I have autism. Autistics often suffer from something called "autistic burnout" which can look a lot like depression. I can tell you how I deal with it when it comes to keeping up myself and my home. 1. I get a rough idea of what I would like to accomplish. 2. I prioritize the most important things I need to do 3. I take lots of breaks, which is essential for autistic burnout 4. Most importantly if I am not feeling up to completing a task I give myself a time block to work. This is an amazing way to get some stuff done so that it does not stack up to an undoable mess. For example I will decide I can work for an hour, and then I will start working, turn on a podcast that is approximately an hour long and I will work until it is over. If I still have energy I continue on. Even though I will not have completely cleaned my home I will have gotten a lot of things done, stuff like getting the trash out and the dishes washed. 5. I try not to leave a room without taking something with me that I can put away. In other words if I am going to the bathroom I will take my dirty clothes with me. If I am going to get a glass of water I take my dirty dishes to the sink. If I am going to the garage I take tools I have used back to where they belong. It is amazing how much you can get done just by taking one thing with you when you move around your house.

Sometimes just taking a shower or brushing teeth makes a big difference in how you feel. Feeling clean is so important to mental health.

I’m a woman and I don’t always manage the “get out of bed” thing. I lay in bed and think about how worthless I am and useless and how it would have been better to not be a waste of space and how hopeless I feel. My husband does not understand so I have given up on him understanding or empathizing (after almost 40 years of marriage). So listening to you today I got up out of my recliner and dusted and started cleaning my blinds. I will need to enlist my husband’s help to get them down for me. Tomorrow vacuuming will be my goal.

Depression is your bully to fight, but that doesn’t mean you can’t bring a friend to the brawl. You’re a good friend.

Okay, why is the cleaning video bringing me to tears with the wholesome parental advice I need?

I have ADHD and chronic, debilitating depression. Watching your channel is like therapy for me. I can't express how much better I feel after listening to you. People that don't have these problems just can't understand. I'm trying so hard to change. Thank you so much for sharing your story. ❤

A complete stranger makes a video and talks about depression. I will never meet this stranger in person, but he speaks from my soul. Can you imagine how many people you are helping with your words? Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I’m a woman, and my symptoms are like yours. No sadness, no feelings of worthlessness, just unbelievable fatigue. Thank you for this video!

I’m female. I’ve had a cronic depression for 24 years. People tend to think that I must be really sad. Nope, I don’t feel sad. I have a lot of anger and my “base-line mood” is very low, but my main symptoms are: just wanna sit on my couch and watch netflix AND absolutely no energy. Brushing my teeth or doing the dishes feels like climbing a mountain

This video felt like a warm hug from a very caring and driven uncle, it was a wonderful reminder of not being alone. I didn't get nearly enough parental figures in my life that were as kind as you. It really makes a huge difference to hear this from you. We respect your hard work, which inspires so much of us. Your voice over did change a lot, thank you for making it. ❤

"Action leads to motivation, not the other way round." and "anything worth doing, is worth doing half assed. at least then it's half done instead of not done at all!" amongst the best words of wisdom from a therapist I've gotten for getting things done through depressive episodes

What helps me I learned from KC Davis: take care of tomorrow. Tomorrow only needs one clean outfit, a few clean dishes, and somewhere to sit. Keep taking care of tomorrow.

At first I thought this was just a cleaning channel, but you have helped me so much not only with my ADHD/Autism/Depression related untidiness, but all symptoms related to them. This is so much more than a cleaning channel. Thank you forever!