Inability to do daily tasks due to Anxiety.

[Skaters]

Hi everyone!

So I have been diagnosed with anxiety, OCD and depression and I am currently medicated for all off these. For the past 6 months I am struggling greatly with everyday tasks and constantly get stuck. Some examples are; I cant open bills/letters or even retrieve items from my mailbox, I get obsessive about money and can't touch my accounts or even look at them, Inability to answer phonecalls... my list could go on and on.

So very recently my inability to do daily tasks are now starting to effect me, because I cant open letters I am not paying bills or missing important things, because I cant use my phone I am uncontactable and I am no longer even able to work, because I obsess about money I go weeks even over a year without paying a bill (my electricity has been switched off 4x and unpaid for 15 months) 

 So does anyone else get stuck like this? What am I going to do? I have no family support so can't lean on that. Are there any services in Australia? I am just getting to a point in my life where everything is about to crumble and because I get stuck I am literally witnessing my own demise..

Any advice would be brilliant 🙂

[white knight]

Hi Skaters welcome here

Can you arrange direct debit bills to be taken out of your bank account? I can certainly relate to your condition although I've never had that as bad as yours. Surely you have good days and bad with your condition? If so, keep a note of your account numbers and pay money into those accounts eg electricity to maintain a credit. Then when the bills comes you dont need to read it as the money will already be in the account.

This really is a case for counselling followed by financial planning

Tony WK

[Scotty2013]

Organize direct debits taken out so they are paid, I do this with rent also. I'm the same as you, i hate checking mail, phones anything I anticipate bad news!