Published on 12, July, 2020
I have just had a diagnosis of apsergers (with a fair amount of adhd traits too) at 38. I have a long history of depression and anxety. I am struggling most with executive functioning and it is the adhd traits that seem to be causing my the most problems at the moment. I have struggled for so long with keeping my house clean and uncluttered. My house is full of clutter and I am a huge procrastinator, have very low motivation and even if I do actually manage to do some housework I get distracted or can't seem to do it for long. I get over whelmed by everything that needs to be done but also seem to have an issue with just doing a little bit at a time.
I have been criticised by my husband and my parents for so long as they just couldn't understand why I found it all so difficult. I wish I could employ a cleaner and someone to help me organise things but I don't have the money.
Any adivce woulde be much appreciated. I was only diagnosed last week and am still getting my head around it all.
I totally get your problem. I work from home a lot and my wife is always giving me grief for not doing the house work. She says I leave it because I think she will do it but I don't. I simply don't look at it because today I am doing something else. Each morning before I get up I make sure I give myself a manageable task for each day. Like today I am painting some cupboards, yesterday I did the hoovering. . We did have a cleaner for about 6 months and it was great, can't afford it now though. I would just take things one small job at a time and in a month you will have made a great deal of diffrence.