1111 Procrastination questions

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Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad

1. ▫️Procrastination is a detrimental habit that keeps us from completing important tasks. What is the scientific explanation for why our bodies cultivate this harmful instinct? 

光電系111206001胡喻斐

Your amygdala is a set of neurons involved in emotional processing and threat identification. It will releases harmonies including adrenaline that kick off a fear response. The stress panic can overpower the impulses from the prefrontal cortex. This makes us procrastinate to call our bodies to try to protect ourselves.

生科系111801510葉庭妤

When we face stress, our brain releases hormones including adrenaline that kicks off a fear response. People usually use escaping to avoid facing threats.

化學一 111203006 李奕筠

Your amygdala involved in emotional processing and threat identification releases hormones including adrenaline that kicks off a fear response. This stress-induced panic helps you think long-term and regulate your emotions.

2.▫️Perpetual procrastinators often get a reputation for being lazy. Why is this not necessarily an accurate assessment?

光電系111206509 楊佳漩 

Because many people procrastinate just because they care too much about failure. If someone is lazy, they might just do nothing rather than do something unimportant to avoid a necessary task.

生科系111801510葉庭妤

Procrastination is motivated by our negative feelings. People who have difficult regulation of their emotions usually are affected more by procrastination. Owing to this reason, being lazy is not necessarily an accurate assessment. 

3▫️Researchers have recently determined that rigid self-discipline and strict time management are not the best courses of action for frequent procrastinators. Why is that the case, and what are some other more effective strategies they should try instead?

光電111206501姜懿鎂

Because being too hard on yourself can layer additional bad emotions onto a task, making the threat even more intense. So we can take some simple strategies including breaking a task into smaller elements or journaling about why it's stressing you out and addressing those underlying concerns. 

生科系111801509張嘉倫

Because being too strict with ourselves may lead to additional bad emotions in a task, enhancing the strength of threats. What we could do to avoid this situation from happening again are several ways. For example, breaking a task into smaller elements, writing down what makes us feel stressed, and dealing with it. Besides, we should learn to forgive ourselves whether we complete the task well.

生科系111801510葉庭妤

If people who Procrastination being too hard on themselves can layer bad emotions onto a task. Making the threat more intense. To resolve the procrastination problem, we should decrease negative emotions and make plans to let us decline the stress of doing every assignment.

4.In what circumstances do you find yourself most likely to procrastinate? How do you feel when you are anticipating that task, and how (if at all) does that feeling differ from the one(s) you have when you are actually completing it?

光電系111206509 楊佳漩

I most often procrastinate near midterms, although I know I can't get good grades without trying. I don't particularly look forward to preparing for the midterms, because it's usually stressful. However, preparing for the test is not that bad for me actually, sometimes I can take pleasure in gaining knowledge.

光電111206501 姜懿鎂

I am most likely to procrastinate when there are many exams or assignments at the same time. The more things should I do, the less motivation I have, but I know the more things build up, the more stress there will be, so eventually I still going to resolve all things as soon as possible. When I resolve per task, I can feel a great sense of freedom and relaxation.

光電111206001胡喻斐

I will usually procrastinating when I am doing something alone or when the deadline is long. When the task is released, I will be very irritable. I must finish the thing the day before the deadline. After I finish it, I will relieve the stress and be very excited.

生科系111801509張嘉倫

I find myself procrastinating when I need to prepare for my test and if there are still several days to review. When I was anticipating it, I felt a little nervous and anxious, because I wanted to finish it as fast as possible. And when I was actually completing it, I was relieved and delighted, which was different from the situation during the time I hadn't completed it.

生科系111801510葉庭妤

When the exam comes, I usually feel tired and don't want to face the assignment I need to do. The bad habit often makes me not have much time to finish reviewing. So I need to make my smartphone shutdown when I have important things that should be done right now to resolve the procrastination problem.

化學一 111203006 李奕筠

I find myself most likely to procrastinate when my extracurricular activities are increasing. And it will lead me to procrastinate on my homework and reports. Due to my perfectionism, I will desire to finish it to my high expectations. I feel afraid to do those tasks in the beginning. When I do these tasks, I will be nervous. However, I always think that these tasks are not as horrible as I think in the beginning, and feel released to finish them.