Posted by dj on October 16, 1999, at 23:59:55
In reply to Re: performance anxiety, posted by Dee on October 16, 1999, at 23:04:45
Unfortunately it all sounds too familiar...I can always find something more interesting to do or something distracting while putting off the importants tasks, like balancing my finances or getting assignments done in a timely manner. Instead I often get locked in paroxyms of self-doubt, anxiety and further avoidance. A nice pattern for nurturing self-hate, depression and all those less than desirable attributes, indeed.
And it's much easier to read & write about it then actually do something about it, too often...hence P-Babble can just be another means of procrascination, at times, though ofen an en-light-ening one.
> I find that I have hard time focusing on the task at hand, because I am too concerned about the results. ... Somehow, when (if) I manage to narrow my focus, I find that I have spend days and days avoiding a small assignment that really is nothing at all. Yet next time I fall in to the same routine of avoidance and fear.
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