![]() ![]() As the deadline crept nearer it got more and more likely that he would indeed fail. And so he was demotivating himself over and over. That little voice in his head was saying 'You might as well not bother'. He had failed before so he wasn't sure that he would pass this time. He felt that if he was not going to do well in the exam and pass with outstanding marks then he was a complete failure. ![]() In his case this was in the form of perfectionism. Procrastination Perfectionism is very common. He had all the symptoms, and in particular, black and white thinking. However, when I questioned him further it was obvious that he was actually suffering from undiagnosed depression. ![]() He will have to give up the comfortable life of a student, so there is the fear of the unknown. And indeed when he gets his degree he will be taking up a job overseas. Typically a therapist would suspect that this client either is afraid of failing or is afraid of succeeding. If he fails this time he will fail the whole degree. He failed the course last year and now he cannot get down to studying what he has to do for this year. He has one more course to finish and his degree will be complete. Every day brings an interesting client. My client today had procrastination. ![]()
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