impossibly lazy after escaping from emotional/verbal/psychological abuse and control

That's no problem at all. Your insight was spot on, except that my case is more severe than that of a kid first moving out of the parents' nest. I lived, for 4 years, without a car - ex H had the car. But before that, I had a car. So something was taken from me and then returned. Or, my ex H took all the decent things after the divorce. I had a couple of plates only and not enough silverware to use the dishwasher - had to wash them by hands after each meal. When he finally returned my car, I went to IKEA (not once...) and bought a lot of low end plates and cups and even got ambitious with the patterns (I bought black and white things in different shapes, so... they look a bit whimsical when on the table) and enough silverware... and now, still, when I unload the dishwasher and place clean silverware into the bin, I still feel happy that I have enough silverware and that I do not need to wash it by hand. Finally, to make that long and sad story short, I realized that when I lived as a victim of abuse, everything was dark... dark shades... not just because of situational depression, but because I did not have anything colorful at home.

So... enter a collection of fluted bowls from Costco! And a decorative Italian glass bottle in blue! The bright colors of better life.

But I do not regret that I went through that stage of extreme laziness. I needed to savor the freedom so badly...

Did you just get out? I had that euphoria for a few weeks, then crushing depression set in. What is wrong that I miss a man that called me an idiot several times a day, but the one that got to me was "you are as useless as a bug on the ground.". I did get a little thrill thinking of him with no clean clothes, empty fridge, bills not paid, dust piling up. Course depression is biological for me. And he has found good covert ways to abuse me now, using divorce court motions and paying my kids off to hate me. He's really mad that the legal system says I an actually worth a nickel. His tactics are so nasty now I'd almost prefer a punch In The nose.... Is your divorce final? I haven't used my stove in months, buying frozen dinners and fast food because I live alone.