Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control) (Published 2019)
2y 6mon ago by mander.xyz/u/fossilesque in adhd_college@mander.xyz from web.archive.org
One of the few articles with legit good advice.
Eh, I’ll read it later
Ok that was actually a really interesting article, and at least anecdotally, explains a lot of my own experiences. Procrastination as an emotional regulation problem, rather than self control, makes a lot of sense.
I like the idea of method acting as a way to start on things.
Dr. Hershfield’s research has shown that, on a neural level, we perceive our “future selves” more like strangers than as parts of ourselves. When we procrastinate, parts of our brains actually think that the tasks we’re putting off — and the accompanying negative feelings that await us on the other side — are somebody else’s problem.
Another attack on our minds engineered by criminal mastermind Tom Scott!