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Procrastination can have many causes. Generally these causes are broken down into 2 types. Psychological reasons are related to mental issues while Physiological problems are related to physical problems. We will look closer at the 2 causes below

1 Generally speaking Psychological reasons can vary greatly but is is usually possible to categorize them as follows:-

Anxiety - People feel anxious when looking at tasks that they need to complete. A low sense of self worth - Often these people do not feel that they have the abilities in order to complete any task or project that they have set themselves or that has been set by others. Self Defeating Mentality - Such people feel that they are going to fail even before they commence the task or project.

Many people when faced with the task will dramatically over estimate the amount of work required to complete the task and this can very soon become a habit. Breaking a procrastination habit can be very difficult

2. Physiological reasons for procrastination can usually be traced to the prefrontal cortex area of the brain. Among many useful tasks the P.F.C helps to filter out distractions that surround us and controls functions like planning.

Physiological procrastination can appear very similar to ADHD. The procrastination can be caused either by damage to this area of the brain or by a low activation level which is believed to be the root cause of ADHD. Symptoms are a lack of organisation and being unable to filter out distractions.

Others may procrastinate as they feel the work involved is too complicated and so the only way that a person can really deal with such a situation is as follows. They need to divide the task in hand up into smaller pieces and then perform each part one at a time, but they must provide themselves with a deadline for when they need to complete it by.

As you can see there are many causes of procrastination and it is wise to speak with either your doctor, therapist or psychiatrist in order to find out just what the underlying problem is. Sometimes procrastination can be cured by just reprogramming your subconscious that’s where products like procrastination blaster come in.

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