c/depression·Posted by u/lila_nguyen·1h ago

When did brushing my teeth become optional, and how do I make it not feel huge?

There is a blue toothbrush in the cup by the sink that I look at every morning and think, later. Later has been four days. I can taste it. I am not proud of it. I still go to work. I still talk to people. Then I come home, see the blue handle, and my brain files it under tomorrow like it is a tax form. I used to brush without thinking, twice, the way you put on a seatbelt. Now it is this negotiation. I even bought new toothpaste thinking the mint would tempt me. It did not. I stood there last night with the brush in my hand, faucet running, and put it back. That is the part I cannot explain to anyone in my actual life. How do you shrink this back down to a nothing task when it has become a wall?

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