Please help me.

I cannot clean and organize my room because I am depressed. I am depressed because I am living in filth. How can I get myself motivated enough to clean this crap up?

Is there someone who could help you clean?

Not really. I mean I try but they never come through.

Are you able to afford someone to help you. (someone you trust).

No i'm extremely poor.

I get overwhelmed with so much clutter. So I use a room or space to use as a sort of "storage" I place my paperwork in a plastic trash bag so I can have it readily available if I need to look for any important paper work or mail. I box up or neatly sort of put anything in a corner. Right now, my living room is simple and clean and in the office it's a disaster (sort of) It's a "neat type" of disaster, though. Can you do something like this? It gives me peace of mind and I just try to focus on my space I live in instead of the clutter. Clutter will always build up and you can work through it when you feel better, even it means it might be a while. Like they say, Baby steps...

You can even box things up temporarily. I do that. I helps to not see the space so messy.

Are you in any kind of treatment for the depression? that might help to brake the cycle.

I had this problem for a long time. Now I don't. Two reasons:

1. Flylady.net

2. Cleaning person anywhere from 1-2x month

Do it. Trust me.

Hi

Do you live in supported living or have access to a community psychiatric team (psych nurse, occ therapist or mental health social worker)?

If you're open to a community mental health team they could arrange support for you. If you live in supported living, support/project workers should be helping you.

If you live independently even a small amount daily will help, even its just taking out the rubbish or washing your dishes. Little and often is sometimes less overwhelming than trying to do it all together. If it helps write a list and do it to times scale. Maybe at 10am you take the rubbish out. At 5pm you wash ALL the dishes. At 7pm you tidy a corner of the room or say the table or coffee table. Try breaking tasks down into smaller achievable ones. Just random thoughts, but it might help