Procrastination is commonly as a mere failure of willpower, but psychologists increasingly regard it as a strategy for managing unpleasant emotions. When a task anxiety, boredom, or self-doubt, postponing it offers a however costly that proves in the long run. The procrastinator is thus not necessarily lazy but caught in a cycle of momentary relief followed by mounting guilt. Curiously, self-compassion appears to be a more effective than stern self-reproach, which tends only to deepen the By treating their own lapses with a measure of kindness, procrastinators can loosen the grip of the very emotions that fuel delay. The remedy, it seems, lies less in discipline than in understanding.
How do psychologists increasingly view procrastination?
What is described as a more effective antidote than stern self-reproach?
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How do psychologists increasingly view procrastination?
As a strategy for managing unpleasant emotions
פסיכולוגים רואים בדחיינות יותר ויותר אסטרטגיה להתמודדות עם רגשות לא-נעימים ולא סתם עצלות.
What is described as a more effective antidote than stern self-reproach?
Self-compassion
הטקסט מציין שחמלה עצמית יעילה יותר מנזיפה עצמית קשה, שרק מעמיקה את הסלידה.
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