How to explain to people paralyzing anxiety is really hard to overcome? I know I'm lazy, but my heartbeat doesn't raise from my fat ass just because I need to get up and open the door. And then feeling of guilt from not doing the easiest tasks makes the anxiety worse.

Musicians often wonder why am I not nervous when I'm on the stage. I'm really not good and competitive enough to be bothered, found my peace with the possibility if screwing something up. We're just people, shit happens. Important is to learn from it and change things accordingly.

It's the damned little tasks of making a call or getting anything outside our apartment done. Nothing to be learned from that.

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I just pile up the tasks in the task list (yes, even those little ones like calls). Then, when the productive day comes, I just chew through as many as I can once I’m in the flow. That’s the only way I came up with that is working for me. Sort of πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

Only yesterday, I was only semi-joking when I said I wished I had time for a full mental breakdown. Joking about it helps, but the weight behind it is real. Hence my morning art choice today. I cannot say I fully understand what you are describing and experiencing, but I think I can at least relate.

For me, making lists rarely works, unfinished tasks just pile up, add to my guilt, and deepen the paralysis. What actually helps is helping others. If a friend needs help with paperwork, I instantly jump all over it. But when it comes to sending a simple email for myself, it can take me three days to do it.

That's precise. If it's for someone else and for free. I can't grasp wtf is behind that, because it's not logic, and have this one too.

It is definitely not greed. Sometimes issuing an invoice is the hardest part of the whole job.

This is not greed at all. I smell guilt or conditioned need to prioritize others.

Conditioned need to prioritize others sounds about right.