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Home owners of Lemmy do you have any advice on dealing with the stress of owning a home? (reddthat.com)

submitted 20 hours ago by POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Every drop of water, crack, ant, royally freaks me out at this point. I can't afford to rent. I own a shitty house that is a fixer upper. So frustrating.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 17 points 9 hours ago

So many people who are mentally and cognitively bankrupt own houses. They never do any maintenance on them, or if they do, they never do it right. And yet, their houses aren’t (always) falling apart.

Houses are more sturdy than our anxieties convince us. Fix things little by little as they come, prioritize what comes first. Your house won’t fall apart or blow up. This is what I tell my wife when she gets nervous about something creaking.