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Opening them feels daunting the minute they come, and the longer I put them off due to that, the more guilt gets added to the mix too, so they just go unadressed.

Has anyone found a strategy that works for this?

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[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago

Has anyone found a strategy that works for this?

I work from home. So I scream, hit the desktop, run around my office, kick my chairs. I can make as much noise as I want as I'm totally alone. That puts me in a different mind state, I presume because I got my adrenaline levels up, and I can open the fucking email. Yes I look like a crazy man, and maybe I am, and it makes me hate myself a little more, but it works. Most times at least.