ahhhneedaname
2 years ago10
Task initiation
What’s something you do to get started on doing stuff when you’re frozen on the couch doomscrolling your phone?
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jademountain
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2 years agoI sometimes call my friend or mother and ask her to tell me to get up and because I’m on video call they can check if I have - that accountability and being told to from an outside source helps me more than repeatedly telling myself I need to get up Also playing some energetic music and forcing myself to get up when the chorus starts
namesarehard
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2 years agoWiggle one toe, then my foot, then my leg. The process of starting to physically move sometimes helps me break out of that frozen / stuck feeling.
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