Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul...
by canjobear on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @10:41PM
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> You'd think after years of procrastinating and as a result, getting even worse emotions, the brain would learn to not procrastinate in order to avoid unpleasant emotions.
An alternative is that the reinforcement mechanism in the brain only responds to rewards on a short timescale. The reward from procrastination (not having to face xyz) comes immediately. The punishment from procrastination (your job/life is in shambles) comes months or years later. So you end up adopting a policy of procrastination.
Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul...
by philosopher1234 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @11:15AM
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Unless your brain has some sort of trauma associated to whatever you’re avoiding. Brains are flawed. You may never learn without intentional therapy.
Re:Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficul...
by Apocryphon on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @03:59PM
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Indeed, Complex PTSD is an example condition that has symptoms that resemble ADHD.
Imo, it's a brain malfunction/illness. Some spectrum of ADD, some people being affected more than others. Perhaps it was useful in the millions of years of evolution, but it's counterproductive in a modern society.
Which is why I would love for (more) doctors to recognize procrastination/Attention Deficit as a real problem in itself and not just wave it away as a symptom of something else.
A real problem for which there is real, working medication, that thousands of people are happy with. But unfortunately due to the nature of these drugs, everyone shies away from it.
It's not the perfect solution, but it's a working solution. Medication would've changed my life, but I can not get it. And so I continue wasting hours, days, months and years of my life.
Not to mention it causes anxiety and depression, and they continue reinforcing each other, making things much worse.