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> However, note that the activities that people engage in during revenge bedtime procrastination aren’t necessarily enjoyable, and the procrastinator may engage
by yamrzou 3y ago
> However, note that the activities that people engage in during revenge bedtime procrastination aren’t necessarily enjoyable, and the procrastinator may engage with them simply out of a desire to feel in control.
These attempts are an instance of the neurotic paradox[1], and keep repeating themselves because the desire to feel in control is never completely fulfilled. A repetition compulsion happens when unresolved conflicts continue to generate attempts at solutions which do not really work ... until a genuine solution is found. [2]
[1] When an individual's way of coping with unconscious concerns creates even more problems in that individual's life.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_compulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_compulsion