I don't think that's specific to programming. It's what we all experience when we procrastinate. Set yourself small very clear goals which you write down and w

I don't think that's specific to programming. It's what we all experience when we procrastinate. Set yourself small very clear goals which you write down and where you commit yourself to finishing them in a given amount of time. However, what your mind is telling you with the feelings you experience in my opinion is something along the lines of "Don't do this, it's not great". So when you experience this very often, you need to change something in your life, or else you'll fall into depression because you have overcome your inner hesistation one time too often. Don't take this as a scientifically accurate account, just my personal experience.