The Psychological Ills of Procrastination
Are you constantly working on items today that should have or could have been accomplished yesterday, last week, last month?
Psychologists categorize procrastination as a counterproductive behavioral condition that many times has roots in one or more of the following disorders:
- Low sense of self-worth
- Mentality of self-defeating behavior
- Fear of success
- Anxiety
- Perfectionist behavior
- Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder
- Depression
- ADHD- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Each one of us has been known to put off a project or a phone call occasionally. But the person who constantly lives “behind the 8-Ball” lives with a complex psychological problem that creates extreme stress and anxiety.
The link below from YouTube, by Lev Yilmaz, presents a brief look at one person’s view of procrastination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P785j15Tzk
In accompanying blogs, we will look at some of the causes, characteristics, and manifestations of procrastination.
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”
– William James
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