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Anyone else have tidying issues?

Deleted user
over 5 years ago

Does anyone else have issues with tidying up and cleaning? I don't actually have a diagnosis but have strong traits of autism and probably some of adhd too. I find things like tidying, cleaning, doing the dishes etc incredibly difficult. It probably comes across as laziness but I quite literally cannot face doing these jobs and usually let them build up far too much so it's an absolute mission when I do do them. Does anyone else have this issue? And can anyone shed any light on why I find this so difficult or if there is anything I can do to make it easier?

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  • over 5 years ago

    I'm the opposite.  I can't stand mess, and like to keep things tidy.  I'm not obsessive about it, as I was in my teens, but it's important to me to have clear floors and worktops, to clean regularly, and to generally keep things in order.  My desk drawers may be in a bit of a mess - but I know where everything is in them, and I can shut the drawers to hide it!

    I work with several very untidy people who regularly leave our works kitchen in a mess - food out of the fridge, dirty plates stacked up, rubbish laying around, spilt milk and sugar unwiped, etc.  It drives me nuts.  Likewise when my ex was living with me.  She was horrendously untidy, and refused to do any household chores.  It's one of the reasons I now prefer living alone.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Deleted user
    Likewise when my ex was living with me.  She was horrendously untidy, and refused to do any household chores.  It's one of the reasons I now prefer living alone.

    Mine used to bring food into the bedroom. Food doesn't belong in a bedroom! It caused a few rows.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Cloudy Mountains

    Mine insisted on eating whilst watching a film.  She used to get annoyed with me because I insisted on eating first.  Then I'd sit next to her watching the film and all I could hear was the sounds of mastication!

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to Deleted user

    I'm not too bad with the sounds of mastication! It's people who have wrappers and bags. I put everything in bowls in my house. Crisps, sweets and stuff like that. Guests don't seem to mind. Going to the cinema is a pretty awful scenario when it comes to "wrapper wankers"!