Laziness or Depression??

[Kraftster]

Hello all, I am new here and I just got my tapes and books. I have only listened to the intro tape so far. I am wondering if anyone out there can relate to this or offer their thoughts:
I feel extremely lazy lately. I have never "kept house" well, but now I just look at it all piling up and it seems so overwhelming that I find something else to do rather than the housework (like the internet I am on now). I am married with 2 small children, and my husband does MUCH more work around the house than I do. And it seems to be getting worse. The house is not "dirty" per say, but it is very cluttered with junk and toys and more junk. My husband used to not comment much, but now he seems so irriated and makes comments.
I know I should be keeping a more tidy house. I look at it and I think I want it cleaner, and I envision cleaning it and feeling good about it, but when it comes down to doing it, it just seems like its to hard. (silly huh?) I just feel like I have no energy at all. I find myself sitting down to just catch a rest, but I havent really done anything to need the rest.
I am currently on Zoloft, and have had issues in the past with Generalized Anxiety and depression.
Would you say this is laziness or part of anxiety/depression? Does anyone else have this problem?

Thanks everyone!
Michelle

[Guest]

Hi Michelle, anxiety wears a person out, physically, emotionally and mentally. I know. leaves us depressed. try breaking your work down into small manageable portions, this works for me. try to do a little bit, congratulate yourself, then do a bit more. envisioning a perfectly clean house would overwhelm me for sure. just envision something small, like making the bed, vacuuming one room or doing the dishes. only focus on that task until thats done. remember, small manageable portions. I really believed for years I was just lazy, but now I know the truth, I have anxiety and the resulting depression. Now that I'm getting anxiety out of my life I find I get much more done. It wasn't that I didn't care (laziness) I just really didn't have the energy most people seemed to have. The anxiety drained me so much. be encouraged and energized, work the program, and thanks for sharing. Brian.