Posted by Noa on May 30, 2000, at 12:06:29
In reply to Re: Procrastination as Disease, posted by S.D. on May 29, 2000, at 20:53:52
Another aspect of procrastination for me these days is the sense of futility I feel. Normally, I would feel good about getting a job done, such as cleaning the apartment. It would feel like an accomplishment and I would feel good about acheiving it. Over time, as I became more chronically depressed and immobilized, the mess accumulated more and more. I would go a long time before cleaning it up, only to find that I let it get messy soon afterward. After a while, I started to feel, "why bother?" What is the point of putting out effort to correct it if I am just going to let it become a problem again soon. It is a feeling of hopelessness about being mired in a cycle. Of not feeling the effort is worthwhile, of not feeling any sense of power to achieve real change.
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