I use a to-do list to remember important tasks. But if I am anxious about a task, just looking at the list triggers my anxiety. - eviltoast

Often I end up closing the list and immediately turning to self-soothing. And because there’s no way to know in advance if a task on the list will give me anxiety, this often results in my list being not just unusable but unreadable, preventing me from doing or even remembering the non-anxiety tasks on the same list.

  • souperk@reddthat.comEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    I would say fuck to-do lists but I need them to remind me to hate on them… btw you may want to look into PDA.

      • meowshale@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        10 months ago

        love your enthusiasm for your wife ☺️ but they probably meant pathological demand avoidance (PDA)

        • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
          8·
          10 months ago

          I genuinely thought they meant a personal digital assistant to keep track of todos and stuff

        • souperk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          yes! I mean pathological demand avoidance, I literally forgot there is another meaning to the acronym 🤣