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procrastination (from researcher : recommend accepting that feeling (other…
procrastination
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a social psychologist, on the other hand, might see it as a problem related to emotion regulation, or trying to avoid bad feelings like stress
a neurospsycholoist might call it a failure of executive function, or how you plan ahead and prioritize things
when some people pictured their future selves, neurons were activated in a similar pattern to when they pictured their present selves
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people who do so chronically are sometimes found to have higher levels of stress, and there may be a complex link to things like depression and anxiety
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procrastination an attempt to avoid bad feelings, like the stress or unpleasantness of the task itself
one 2015 study in the journal of behavioral medicine even found that serial procrastinators found that serial procrastinators had trouble managing high blood pressure and heart disease
people tend to procrastinate less when the deadline is closer, and when the task is broken up into small chunks, they feel like they have accomplished something every time they turn in one of those chunks
remind yourself that you dont have to do it all at once, tackle bit at a time and reward yourself for making progress
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all of this research seems to boil down to self-regulation, and confronting something you dont want to do instead of avoiding it , and get started