Hyperfixation on Cleaning: A Common Symptom of Depression?

This also may be related to my depression, but does anyone else create a large mess from a project or something they were doing and leave it sit for months and then all of a sudden hyperfixate on finishing it/cleaning it up for 3 hours? My laundry/bedroom is my largest example of this lol

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Creator

2y ago

YES. My drawings especially, lol.

MorganBee

2y ago

I do this all the time. It’s better since I got diagnosed and treated for ADHD.

mesho

2y ago

omg this is my life story 😭😭

arson_thy_gay

2y ago

Story of my life

_Robbie_

2y ago

Absolutely all the time

Shroom_Fairy

2y ago

Yup, very much so, I have a pile of clothes I was half way though folding, my paint supplies, and some fabric from a sowing project and the second I get motivated it will be spotless in my room

theo.sophical

2y ago

literally just happened to me today. can't be bothered to pick it up until forced to, then i will go above and beyond and clean for hours.

Squishh

2y ago

I very much do this lol... my bedroom is usually proof of this. For me it is both adhd and depression, which sucks.

Wyrmie

2y ago

God I know I do. I do it with my art, little models of stuff I hyperfixate on, I leave books everywhere around my room with a bookmark somewhere past page 1 in each of them... 😅

theo.sophical

2y ago

literally i will start my laundry then leave it around my room and not fold it for weeks then have to reclean it anyway so i spend three house cleaning thr laundry up and every other mess in my room from my little bouts of fixation and then spend 3 hours to have a clean room... just for my laundry to be done and get thrown on my floor again... i think i have a problem...

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