how do I fix this. Be honest, how bad from 1-10?

trash bags. Worry about sorting it later, get clothes into one bag, junk in another, and trash in a third. Put big things away last, as you make room for them.

Don't stop until everything is either put away or in a bag, then start sorting. Don't bother hanging or putting clothes away, just wash them all as a single load, put them away after washing them.

You'll get your floor clean at least and that's usually enough to start for me.

Very cleanable

If you have the time, try organizing in phases to make it feel less overwhelming:

Find all books & place in one spot
Find all loose clothes & place in a hamper
...
Organize books into a 'keep' pile and a 'give away' pile
Put clothes in washing machine, if available

If you're struggling, do 1 phase per hour, or per day, or per week -- based on any restrictions you have.

Best of luck!

And I would do that with the first steps being about removing some stuff out of the room, so laundry and giveaways. Then the results will be visible earlier, and there will generally be more space to "put these things here, put that things there"

Not that bad unless those are last year's Halloween decorations

Uhhhh, they're year round, I tried making my room look better and now it looks awful.

If I were you I would move everything but the furniture out of the room, then put back only the stuff you need.

been there, done that. I know it feels bad but it really isnt that bad, and many people were at that point before eventhough they wont admit it. my best advice to get started is: if you can throw stuff away, get a few big trash bags, fill them up with all the stuff you actually dont need and get it out. dont worry about recycling, this is a special occasion and progress is most important. you got this :)

honestly looks like it's more junk than gross, so it shouldn't be too bad. take it one area (or even item) at a time and you'll eventually get there

Bunk bed is pretty cool

Thank you, it's used as a trash holder, that's why the mattress is on the floor hehe

Not that bad imo. My rule of thumb is spills/sticky stuff/rotting food are the hard things, anything else is just a matter of moving stuff around.

For advice:

Toss the webs/decoration. That's 75% of the bad vibes.
Pick up until you have a clear floor, even if that means into a laundry basket for later.
Clear off surfaces, shuffle necessary junk on desk until it looks intentional
Toss the big furniture things above the bed by default, you know deep down you're never going to use them [this is the hardest part probably]

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Better wire management, the more you can get out of sight the better
Organize shelves, toss/give away what you can get rid of
Simplify in general (Do I need the TV and tablet? Are these plushies bringing joy? Etc...)

Pro tip find some storage bins and take everything but the furniture and place it in them. If you use your desktop leave the computer keyboard and mouse. Just getting the items out of the room can be very helpful to mental health. Then when I see there is a spot for something now its easy to take it from the storage bin and put it up or pack it into drawers. Give me 2 hours and your room would be spotless

Just needs tidying. 1-2 hours maximum if you concentrate

I forgot to mention the furniture
- Let it go. I mean, when you decide if a thing is a junk or not, consider it is, by default. Imagine you moved in after someone else living there. For some things you would say "wtf is that?" and throw it away. You probably don't really need all that

6-7

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5/10 It looks overwhelming at first, but even on the picture you can see a pattern. Throw or give away stuff, organise the rest. If you have energy and willpower, doable in 1-2 days.

I'm in a similar position, I could never get rid of that "cloth cache" so I can access all my clothes really easily. I clean my room in corners, like I pick a corner and I try to clean that only. Although that doesn't usually work, so I do "pickup some trash" or "clean a bit of the floor".

Get baskets or nice looking boxes that fit in your shelves.

If there are no nasty suprises hidden below (pets?) then this looks worse than it is.

Don't be scared to throw anything away. Something I do when I clean or organizing old stuff is think "have I used this in the last 6 months?" And it makes it easy to justify removing old junk you hold onto because you "might need it one day"

Therapy might help.

Very helpful