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The main emotion involved in procrastination is disgust. A basic emotion that is as strong as fear, but is completely learned and can be attached to every kind
by _bdog 11y ago
The main emotion involved in procrastination is disgust. A basic emotion that is as strong as fear, but is completely learned and can be attached to every kind of situation, activity or just the thought of starting them.
Procrastination is protecting yourself from feeling the upcoming revolting disgust these activities can bring. You avoid feeling it, like you avoid touching a hot plate, that's why the disgust never shows. Only when somebody forces you to do it anyway.
The (scientifically tested) theory for this is called Anstrengungsvermeidung (german for "effort/stress avoidance") and isn't widely adopted.
- blumkvist 11y agoAny literature in English?
- jmorphy88 11y ago"The way to perfection is through a series of disgusts." - Walter Pater
- kossTKR 11y agoLol, googling "Anstrengungsvermeidung", leads to your post on hackernews. Any external references in English?
- _98fj 11y agoIt has been developed by austrian & german psychologists, the test for school-children etc. is also in german unfortunately. Like I said, the theory isn't widely adopted. When there's material available in english, I'll post it.
- kossTKR 11y agoSounds interesting. Googling "Anstrengungsvermeidung", leads to your post on hackernews, so this must not be a very recent or narrow term?. Any external references in English?