Procrastination

Mods please don’t move this post, I would like input from people who know me..

I’ve been reading a book...

I’ve been dipping into it, rather than reading it from cover to cover.

It opened on.. Procrastination. And various possible reasons for this. I am definitely “a procrastinator”

One possible reason - “passive aggressiveness’... interesting.

People who procrastinate are often afraid to express negative feelings openly and directly. You may avoid conflicts and deny that you’re upset because you think it’s “not nice” to be angry.

Can anyone relate or offer any input?

Welp, Fuzzification, I guess I do procrastinate sometimes. For me, it is directly related to times when the part of the brain that controls the initiation of action is impaired, such as when I am quite depressed. Although it may be difficult to COMPLETE anything when I am manic or hypo, I have no trouble initiating action when in that state. I just get distracteda nd sidetracked and fail to finish everything, usually.

For me initiation of action and motivation are actually two separate brain functions. I frequently when depressed, say, as recenty has been the case for me, desire strongly to work, for example. to write. To clean my place and myself. I have some level of drive to do that. But, sadly, if the part of the brain that governs the initiating portion of those activities doe snot work properly, then, I am in paralysis again. So, wanting to do and doing actually in me requires two steps: first, the drive or desire to do it, and second, the initiation of the actions must actually occur.

I'm not much of a procrastinator because I get so anxious about doing things that I have to complete the task to relieve the anxiety. I'm pretty sure I learned the behavior from my childhood. My mom didn't allow procrastination. She was very harsh about it.

Oh my god that's me Fuzzy!!!

I didn't really think of myself as passive aggressive, but when you describe it like that I guess I am.

I am the queen of procrastination...

Case in point: I spent 10am till 5pm catching up on 3 week's worth of course work because it's due next week.

Ugh, still have a few activities to complete.

I suck wetrabidogass

I can completely relate to the anxiety that procrastination creates. I use it to help me out. I mentally map out the most efficient way to complete my tasks then wait for the anxiety to get me off the couch. Ill do them as quick as possible. Ive been that way since I was a kid.

I'm pretty much a big time procrastinator. And you know me, Fuzzy, I told you that I'm a people-pleaser and part of that role means that I hate making people upset. I talk a lot of garbage behind their backs. Passive-aggressive, much? It's certainly an interesting concept. I've always thought that I've just been the "nice guy," but its an interesting concept to think of myself under a different lens. Perhaps I'm nice to people's face and then catty/nasty (never beary, because that's nice) behind their backs. I've always thought it was a personality disorder but after reading my diagnosis from 2015, they cleared me of the one that they had mentioned a few times out loud to me.

It's definitely food for thought.