By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2011-09-28 05:02:10 | Word Count: 486
Do you have a tendency of delaying important things that you are supposed to do? If you are then you have a psychological behavior called procrastination. A study carried out by qualified specialists revealed that many people are guilty of being procrastinators in their lives. If this psychological behavior becomes a permanent condition, then it may lead to depression and counter productivity which may keep you isolated from the society. What causes this kind of mental state? Here are some of the causes of procrastination.
Insufficient Confidence - People tend to procrastinate because of a defeating self-mentality. The lack of self-confidence transforms into fear which prevents people from doing their tasks; the fear of being analyzed, criticized, and the fear of disappointment. This lack of self-belief encumbers a person from accomplishing tasks that he/she is actually capable of doing.
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Dislike of activity - There are also times where people tend to procrastinate because of their dislike to a certain task. This leads to dullness, apathy, and thus desertion to their responsibility. As a person continues to do a task that he/she dislikes, the level of procrastination becomes more severe.
Anxiety -Procrastination can also be triggered due to anxiety in a person. Studies show that a person feeling stress and anxiety will find less importance in the job he or she is carrying out. It also reduces focus and attention to important details, both of which are necessary in accomplishing day to day duties.
Impulsiveness - Procrastination is surely a result of impulsiveness. Impulsive behavior can be attributed to prefrontal injury or less activity on this part of the brain. In either case, prefrontal cortex working and impulsiveness appear to be strongly indirectly linked to each other. An impulsive behavior is controlled by primitive parts of the brain or what we call instinct. Though impulsiveness is a normal functioning that is necessary for our survival, the behavior can lead us to wrong decision making.
Impulsiveness neglects using the prefrontal cortex, a part in the brain which controls organization, judgement, reason, and decision making.Impulsive behavior keeps us away from performing our duties and responsibilities.
These are a few reasons that result in procrastination. Though it might also be caused by mental damage, procrastination is a lot more of a choice than a natural state. It is always up to us to choose what to do: whether to do the things that we desire or perhaps the activities that we must do. Its rightly said "Look before you Leap", so you need to think before you do anything, and it is essential to use your frontal brain to make decisions. We inherited a brilliant brain to help us choose and decide properly. Let us make use of mental features properly and avoid being patients of procrastination.
