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rather unsurprising that a psychologist describes procrastination as a mismanagement of 'emotion' rather than a dysfunction of the dopaminergic reward systems.
by zemnmez 8y ago
rather unsurprising that a psychologist describes procrastination as a mismanagement of 'emotion' rather than a dysfunction of the dopaminergic reward systems. as someone taking ADHD medication, i can tell you that procrastination is fundamentally just a failure of dopamine management.
For some unlike me perhaps it is true that there is a 'one little trick' to make your brain act rationally. I don't know, maybe it's possible via the brain's sheer neuroplasticity to evolve a dopaminergic flaw from a psychological failure or trauma.
But at the end of the day, procrastination is very much neurological, with a fairly clear pathway and a chemical which is objectively known to drive it.
More people absolutely need to know procrastination has nothing to do with self control, but psychological research like this will always appear to show the issue stemming from a psychological issue when this is known to be virtually always untrue. Treatment of ADHD with psychological approaches like CBT have a nearly non statistically significant effect, but ADHD medication has a 70%+ success rate.
- jrochkind1 8y agoIs "treatment of ADHD" the same thing as "treatment of procrastination"? Are you suggesting anyone who is displeased with a regular procrastination habit has ADHD? Are you recommending medication for anyone who is displeased with their procrastination? I don't think the OP is suggesting there is "one little trick", but if, alternately, medication is in fact "one little trick" that worked for everyone, that would probably be welcome news to everyone!
- Mirioron 8y ago>Is "treatment of ADHD" the same thing as "treatment of procrastination"? Not exactly, but excessive procrastination is a symptom of ADHD. Managing ADHD requires managing excessive procrastination and medication, so far, is the most effective treatment for ADHD.
- zemnmez 8y agoADHD is a diagnosis based on a group of issues primarily owing to dopamine management. ADHD at the end of the day, is just a word. The way I see it, there's a spectrum of procrastination issues and those that are explosive enough to be diagnosable get the ADHD label and medication. If you have ADHD symptoms but they're not bad enough to warrant a diagnosis you get nothing. It's well known that ADHD medication is incredible for procrastination -- statistically speaking any student should be able to tell you that.
- jrochkind1 8y agoSo you are in fact recommending that anyone with procrastination problems take medications prescribed for ADHD, if they can? (And that they should be able to?) Any downsides in your opinion?