No, not really. It could be worse I guess.
Well, good luck with it
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Actually Iāve got a āto do listā app on my phone, I could start using that properly.
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This is true. I am high-functioning by most definitions, but I have days where I hunker down in my chair with Netflix and a purring cat. Not as many as I used to, but I still do.
Pixel.
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For meā¦ I really have to do only one thing at a time. I canāt multi-task.
I know people say make a listā¦ but for me a list is hugely overwhelming. I get all anxious over a list.
I have some help. My boss and my family know to give me one task at a time. Like a work order slip. I can get through many single task slipsā¦ but not a plain list of many tasks.
Some days I have a glitch. I just have to be patient with myself and not try to power through the head circus. Sometimes I just have to take the day off and decompress.
Good luck 
Lists and schedules. Mind maps.
On a good day, i make sort of āmind mapā of my tasks and ārewardā myself with naps, candies and coffee after most of the stuff has been done.
On a bad day i cant do anything of those and i just waste my time and wait for tomorrow.
I have made myself hike again recently. I think making specific measurable behavioural goals is somewhat helpful. I really cant focus myself on more than one tiny aspect of life. I actually divide my days into two parts and make myself work on one thing in each session. I first committee myself to a simple job and go out everyday in the morning. Itās easier to get myself do something with a commitment to the employer. When i can do the job good enough, i began to make myself walk up the hill almost every afternoon. The goal i have for many months is to keep working at a part time. I later added a saving goal and make myself record all of my spending so as to make sure i spend around what i expected. I am now trying to make myself doing daily physical exercise. I prioritize and consider employment , saving and physical exercise the first things i needed to focus my efforts on. I have been doing a lot of writing and revising of my goals and reviewing on how well i have work at them. Reviewing goals give me a better idea of what Iām doing and focus all of my efforts.
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When I wasnt depressed, I got little done.
Now that I am depressed, nothing is being acheived - I have a hard time washng a dish.
Hopefully a lightbox will be the solution - this depression is crippling.
I spend most of the day on the couch!
When I had my son, I learned that I could do so much more than I thought because I had to (single mom). My point is that I could do more when I pushed myself. If you make a list, I would start by making one item a āhave toā and the rest are āif you canā. Gradually increase the āhave toā items until you feel good about what youāre getting done. As it is, I have to take a shower this morning and Iām struggling, but I have to, and I will. You can do it! 
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hey zen being psychotic how can any one sit in meditation. I am a psychotic I tried oshoās dynamic along other form of meditation like bipasana and reki.couldnāt find solution yetā¦how can u sit in meditation being psychotic thatās completely surprised meā¦donāt take it otherwiseā¦take careā¦wellwisherā¦
i never take anything otherwiseā¦so dont worry .
what you do is not meditation
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I get it done by not doing it.
In other words, I do not do it in the form of start-to-finish. Instead I will break it up into small chunks. My mind may have been saying āIām to tired to do itā, but it did not say anything about not doing a segment of it. It may look weird doing something in spaced apart segments, but it eventually gets the job done.
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My husband motivates me to get things done. Otherwise Iād stay in bed all day!
I admired the communists for one thing, 5 year plans.
So I tried that and it never worked out.
So when it goes to ā ā ā ā , I just wing it.
Sometimes days are overwhelming.
So I make lists, and I just try to order them in importance.
Some important things, I just canāt handle, then I ask for help.
But if I can get the smaller things done it gives me confidence.
Until the next relapse anywayā¦
But I swear this is the last one, o well I said that last year, so Iāll stop swearing.
I force myself to do what I can even if I donāt feel like it. I do a little bit and then a little bit more, I like the results when I try.
it;s now 4.30pm in the uk and so far i have unloaded and loaded the dishwasher and that;s itā¦
i have been thinking about showering since 10am this morning and iām now running out of time as iām supposed to be at my parents place in an hour.
the very thought of showering makes me anxious but i force myself most of the time as i donāt like to smell or have dirty hairā¦in fact, sod it/ā¦i think iām going to go to my mumās in the morning instead and take a nice long bath in a mo then get my jobs done,
my son is sleeping so i don;t have to worry about dinner till later on
ā¦i have a list of jobs as long as my arm and i will work my way through it one task at a timeā¦first things first, bath then kitchen then feed my babies. spag bol on the menu tonight.
i too am a single parent so i donāt have the luxury of putting things off till tomorrow. i have two teen aged kids so my house is always messy. the dishwasher gets loaded 3 times a day, the washing machine and drier twice a day. i have to make meals at least twice a day, mow the lawn, generally tidy up all the time, take the dogs out, take the kids to college, pick them up, take them to dentist and drs appointments, to friends houses et ceteraā¦all the things you have to do when you are responsible for two kids and iāve been doing it so far for 18 years.
both my kids have problems and can;'t look after themselves properly so i donāt have time to be psychotic and not do all these thingsā¦i may well go psychotic and have been a few times in the past but the washing still needs doing and the kids still need to be fed so if i do get unwell then it has to come second in my life.
easier said than done. but it is possible. i hear voices 24/7 most of the time but i still drag my arse out of bed and get on with it because when you have children there is no one else to step up to the plate and do all these things.
if you donāt have children and you lack motivation then you are somewhat luckier than i because i have no choice. if i didn;t do it the kids would be taken into care and i can;t have that. sometimes the pressure is immenseā¦when the voices are really bad and iām losing touch with reality. iām lucky in a sense that i have good parents who will come over and help me tidy up, theyāll call me in the morning to get me out of bed so the kids get to where they need to be, on time, 5 days a week.
when i cant face cooking theyāll invite us over for dinner or cook me meals and bring them over to meā¦so that i can eat which leaves me time to get the kids something to eat even if itās just a takeawayā¦
and twice a year they take the kids for week so that i can have some time to myselfā¦think on thatā¦i get two weeks off a year. the rest of the time i am available 24 hours a day 7 days a week because neither of my two sleep very well. if they get sick i have to clean it up and look after themā¦i#ve lost count of the times theyāve caught tummy bugs at school and iāve had to clean up vomit and poopā¦even when i have it tooā¦
today iāve virtually had a day offā¦my daghter was wayching movies all day and my son was on the computer so i took a napā¦soon my son will wake and want feeding so iāll have to cook him something, then clear up the dishes and load the dishwasher, wipe down the sides and clean the hob, feed the dogs and cats, write a shopping list for tomorrowās dinner, tidy my room, change my bed, hoover, take the dogs on an evening walk, and tidy the loungeā¦i should have done all these things earlier but i thought sod it, iām having a bed day todayā¦all iāve managed by doing that is to put more pressure on myself to get it all done tonightā¦as tomorrow i have a super busy day ahead of me ā¦
how do you get anything done?? simple, have kids then you have no choice but to get everything done
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i usually make lists if i have a lot to do in one day. if i donāt cross everything off the list, i add it to my list the next day. try not to overwhelm yourself though, start off small and work your way up when you feel comfortable.