How functional are you?

[heartinparadise]

Do you keep your room clean? Eat food? Go to work? Go to uni? Are you normal on the surface? Or a total mess? Talk to friends? Curious to know

I'm doing all the bare minimum, high difficultly doing normal things.

 

[smallsupernova]

Barely
I don't leave the house anymore, only to go to the psychiatrist (and I never go on my own), I don't clean my house, don't have friends, there are days when I can't even brush my teeth or take my meds
I'm just existing at this point

 

[kosmischerunfall]

completely incapable of functioning like a normal human being. That's why I also think that i'm an Alien from an another Planet. I also can't bring myself to have some at least a little motivation for the most basic task's. It comes down to the very reason that i don't like this life and don't know why i keep torture myself, when everything is pointless.

 

[SeekingOasis]

It's a confusing mix. I can do the tasks I need to do for my job (I mainly work from home) and put on a convincing mask to hide what I'm truly going through, yet I struggle with taking care of myself (hygiene, eating, etc.) and I rarely leave the house other than to go get food and nicotine.

 

[ConfusedClouds]

I am also an annoyingly confusing and inconsistent mix.

For external reasons/motivations, any tasks that will impact or be impacting others, I am all over it. Really benefit from the fear of a deadline to kick into gear.

In stressful scenarios where a sort of lowkey 'survival' mode is adopted, I can really thrive.

So then people expect me to smash routine stuff - and I crumble in so many ways.

Don't look at the state of my room (unless I'm expecting visitors) or personal hygiene around days off - offensive.

I have also kept up gym as a routine meaning I am awkwardly and almost annoyingly physically fit and strong, yet have nothing to use it for.

I then spend most my down time at home sat/lying on my bed scrolling and/or hugging a giant teddy, barely dragging my arse to make some food.

 

[NonEssential]

My social anxiety hasn't allowed me to make a friend in over a decade.

 

[FoxSauce]

Uhh depends on my mood, sometimes I'll be productive then I get depressed and be like slower? Work is cool I guess but somwtimes it can become quite bothersome even tho its part time but hey could be worse and u get paid so meh.

I mostly pray to get through the day

To go home scroll endlessly through pinterest to wake up clean, do errands go to work repeat.

 

[Anonymousa]

Not really functioning. I live with my parents an don't have a job nor would be able to handle that. I struggle to do hygiene cus of my autistic sensitivity issues especially washing myself. I hardly clean my room (my rooms is often messy but I won't call it dirty) cus I don't see the point and when I have done that I feel less comfortable in my room. I don't do any chores nor make my own food (tho I do know how to cook from when I liked to cook occasionally.) I don't have any friends except maybe people on here and my best friend (thankful he didn't actually leave me.) but other than that I don't have any. I only go outside to go horse riding and to therapy and sometimes to walk my dog.

 

[LostLily]

I still manage to get out of the house but if I didn't live with my parents I would be clueless on how to do basic chores

 

[Pluto]

 

[Redacted24]

I still go to the office daily and have a set routine including hygiene, to the point of even bodily functions run like a clock.
If things disrupt my routine I get really anxious (my therapist is a source of that, she sometimes changes our weekly meeting times or is very late...aaaaah...)
But I'm so very tired that when I'm not being active I just want to sleep.
I'm really afraid that one day I'll fall asleep at my desk and be fired.
Actually I'm kind of afraid I'll be let go every day for something.
Outwardly I'm holding things things together. But it's an effort.

 

[human909]

Well, I still eat food for sure but stuff like keeping your room clean has been impossible for me to do. I also find it hard to go on walks and large spaces since i have severe social anxiety. I would say i am pretty messed up, i just wish to ctb by the end of the year.

 

[d3j3ct3dl0s3r05]

I've been mentally nerfed for years but after my third bad job experience (tried to be a good employee but was also shy and quiet so got treated terribly) I don't really leave the house anymore or do anything tbh. In that time, I've developed agoraphobia and have a more avoidant personality now. I've stopped applying for jobs and don't really do anything more. Living in a boring rural area I hate (originally from a more metropolitan area) has definitely worsened things since it's hard to make long journeys to do anything. The mask of normalcy has also shattered and I can barely bring myself to fake being all polite, enthusiastic and bubbly anymore as in I will just actively avoid interacting with people as much as possible and if I can't, I don't even try to hide how much I do not want to be in that conversation. The shame and embarrassment eats me up inside but I disconnected with reality ages ago, I'm just waiting for a guaranteed exit soon. Going off all that, probably not functional lol.

 

[6lackstar]

I think i fluctuate between extremes I'll have a week where i can function just fine I go to most of my lectures, my room is pretty clean, i eat well. Then I'll have other weeks where i miss tons of lectures, cancel plans with friends, eat only the junk i find in my room etc and am just in this state of paralysis rotting in my bed for days

 

[Hojag]

No. Sometimes, I can't even eat. The only improvement I had was having the will to start a course (and I'm keeping it). It's not a uni, but for me, it's big enough to make my mother go "OH, HE IS MOVING!"; which also helps her to not sink in the bed...

 

[loneloser]

I haven't brushed in like 3 months and I showered like 4 days ago. My room is pretty messy with a bunch of trash and like 5-6 pieces of clothing on the floor.

I sleep like 2 hours a day, sleeping at around 4-5 am and waking up at around 7 am on a weekday. If it's the weekend, I'll just stay asleep until like 6-8 pm.

 

[yowai]

My room is a mess 90% of time, I barely keep up with cleaning my pets' cages, can't keep a stable sleep routine for more than a week, go too long without washing my hair, spend most of my days playing video games or browsing the internet, avoiding responsibilities and chores so yeah I'm non functional and useless

 

[Ariii]

I'm functional only on the aspects that I have to present to other people. I take care of my appearance (bare minimum but still better than nothing), most people see me as responsible. But for everything else, I dont at all. I dont think I've cleaned my room in at least a year, probably two, I struggle to consistently brush my teeth and shower and comb my hair. Not fun. I genuinely can't tell if Im lazy or depressed, especially since I still have the motivation to do enjoyable things. I dont know which one is worse, I'd say being lazy since that is a reflection of my failure as a person

 

[8leveloquenfrn4evr8]

im so dysfunctional if i drink too much i start running around in circles till i bump into something

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I think that I teeter on the edge between being dysfunctional and being functional. I do basic things like cleaning, eating and going to university but I completely stopped studying for university due to how overwhelming it all was. I don't talk to friends because I never made any irl

 

[Promised Heaven]

Normal on the outside. I work a retail job but at home my room is a mess, barely doing chores, either overeating or undereating, and barely getting my daily steps in. I wear a medical mask because I'm hiding the stimming I do with my jaw when I'm (constantly) stressed. I'm always starting about 95% of my conversations with friends. Forgotten otherwise...

Like, I'm functioning, but also on the chronic verge of collapse, and nobody knows.