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1 month later: i've seen no evidence of any coach or therapist occasionally one-shotting lifelong procrastination i really really want to pay out this bounty… but no submission has met all 4 criteria yet :/. is it even possible? i've only seen one-shots for anxiety etc
@ChrisChipMonk Do you think it’s because lifelong procrastination is often more on the ADHD spectrum than purely emotional? Since it’s a chronic neurodevelopmental thing, that might make it harder to one-shot compared to something like anxiety.
@sfhousefly yeah leaning towards it being more like an interoceptive SKILL… https://t.co/RXUcmh3O29
one theory someone gave me that i liked: - resolving anxiety is like processing emotion - resolving procrastination is like learning to process emotion (takes longer!) maybe resolving lifelong procrastination is usually bottlenecked by interoceptive skill? which is basically like learning to see or a motor skill- requires learning (whereas resolving anxiety is mostly UNlearning insecurities and locally optimal strategies)
@ChrisChipMonk again, my intuition is that its possible to one shot anxiety because you stop doing smth bad procrastination would be harder because you need to add doing smth good willing to bet you can do it in like 12 sessions with a life coach provided theyve already oneshot anxiety
@ChrisChipMonk like 1. procrastination due to fear of failure: oneshot anxiety 2. procrastination bc you dont know what to do: add structure and details of what to do 3. prorcrastination due to needing rest: learn how to rest, drop non-restful things like scrolling ...
@AbstractFairy related: https://t.co/RXUcmh3O29
one theory someone gave me that i liked: - resolving anxiety is like processing emotion - resolving procrastination is like learning to process emotion (takes longer!) maybe resolving lifelong procrastination is usually bottlenecked by interoceptive skill? which is basically like learning to see or a motor skill- requires learning (whereas resolving anxiety is mostly UNlearning insecurities and locally optimal strategies)
@ChrisChipMonk @AskYatharth https://t.co/3vFDNl25ND
the word "procrastination" has disappeared for me and is replaced with "this thing is really difficult, and i don't have the emotional/physical capacity to do it right now!!" it's such a kind and needs-based way to think about things. i almost can't remember how it was before
@ChrisChipMonk @AskYatharth https://t.co/vJRdlAiNto
my "productivity technique" is "do whatever feels like the most important thing to be doing right now". and quite often, it'll be scary, or tedious, in which case i help myself do it the way i'd help a 5yo it works. it feels obvious. it makes me think what was i doing before?
@forthrighter @AbstractFairy @AskYatharth this post: https://t.co/DDwEYg5Pny
@ChrisChipMonk I regret to say my own experience suggests it cannot be one-shotted precisely because there are a series of sub bosses who must be faced + defeated before you One-Shot the Final Boss (Or at least that was my experience) Those subquests/battles simply take time no way around it
@Jeanvaljean689 sure but… what makes anxiety one-shottable and procrastination not? https://t.co/DDwEYg6nd6 i do have a theory tho: https://t.co/RXUcmh4lRH
one theory someone gave me that i liked: - resolving anxiety is like processing emotion - resolving procrastination is like learning to process emotion (takes longer!) maybe resolving lifelong procrastination is usually bottlenecked by interoceptive skill? which is basically like learning to see or a motor skill- requires learning (whereas resolving anxiety is mostly UNlearning insecurities and locally optimal strategies)
@ChrisChipMonk At least in my work with folks, I don't think procrastination itself can be "one-shotted" because it's not one thing. People who procrastinate are not-procrastinating on a lot of things all the time, the key is in the specific emotional difference between things that just...
@ChrisChipMonk ... happen and any given specific thing that doesn't. Attempting to look at it as some abstract general pattern of procrastination is often a good defense against knowing what sticky/painful feeling is going on around that specific thing at that time.
@ChrisChipMonk It's actually more comfortable to think "I have a big problem with procrastination" than to get close and specific with what's wrong with what you're expecting of yourself or what others expect of you, and there's more than one thing to find and work through underneath that
@jessicamalonso @ChrisChipMonk My take on this (and thanks for bringing up Chris's post on my timeline!) https://t.co/cpRvlTfxoi
@jessicamalonso how is anxiety different in your eyes? https://t.co/DDwEYg5Pny
@ChrisChipMonk fwiw - also not what you're asking! but - I had a few months many years back when my executive dysfunction, procrastination, social anxiety, etc. just seemingly one-shotted themselves (then it all slowly dissipated again) wish I knew what was going on there! as you might imagine
@ChrisChipMonk Just some thoughts on my experiences: - stimulant medication for ADHD one shot procrastination (at first, then the effect faded). The theory is that stimulant medication makes your brain put less weight on potential negative outcomes of actions, so things seem less scary.
@ChrisChipMonk The premise of the question sets it up for failure. The cure for procrastination is attunement: and credible attunement takes time. Approaching it as something to be overcome in one session is an extremely low trust signal to your subconscious.
@sasadb sure but why can this happen for anxiety and not procrastination? https://t.co/DDwEYg5Pny
@ChrisChipMonk My AI therapist can oneshot lifelong procrastination in one session. https://t.co/UEmK4AJTJX
@ChrisChipMonk Curious about this. Bane of my existence for 20 years. Finally cured mine in ~a week. For a while I’ve been trying to help others with their procrastination. Thought what I learned would transfer well but it’s been hit or miss. A consistent 1-shot would be incredible