Tasks that seem simple but aren't

I'd tend to agree with that, but I also must admit that when my first out-of-nowhere major depression hit -- along with my first ideation-- that I found myself pondering that route.

But while I pondered, I was living on chocolate donuts and ended up gaining quite a bit of weight, lol.

I'll chime in with mindwrenches' difficulties. I have something like that too, some times more than others, but it's very frustrating. Gathering things together --grab one thing, get sidetracked, forget, drop, bumble, just had but can't find etc. till I (sometimes) just lose it.

I do this as well and I also don't like going to b-day parties, holiday gatherings, ect.

Yup, that is more correct.

Going from bed, to out the door, in under an hour.

Showering (I've never understood why on earth this is so difficult for me), so I don't on non-workdays.

Any paperwork. I really like being organized, and whenever I move I manage to go through everything, organize, toss what is not needed, but once I'm settled in, I let it pile up.

Going through mail --it elicits awful, intense anxiety and I let it pile up. I've been known to take a PRN klonopin just to get through it. In part I'm afraid of coming across bills, and otherwise I just don't get it. Maybe it's part of the paperwork thing (which also mystifies me).

All I know, is that all of the above causes intense anxiety.