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By Nancy Schimelpfening, About.com Guide to Depression since 1998

Stop Procrastination--Now!

Tuesday December 30, 2008

Never do today what you can put off for tomorrow. Better yet, never put off 'til tomorrow what you can avoid altogether!

I don't know who coined these phrases, but they must have been a depressive. The symptoms that we face, such as fatigue and hopelessness, make it so easy to say to ourselves, "I'll just put this off until tomorrow when I feel better". Before we know it, that deadline is creeping up on us and we're starting to panic. What's the best way to deal with panic? Hide your head in the sand and hope it goes away! Not really, but procrastination an easy habit to fall into and as the panic mounts, so does the depression. The more depressed we get, the more we avoid reality. Read More

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January 7, 2009 at 6:31 pm
(1) jh says:

This is so true and it is a vicious cycle, each eating into the other. Just do it, don’t think about it. Often, depressed people are highly intelligent and think to much. Cultivate knowledgeable ignorance. Don’t watch all the bad news and byprass the thinking brain by just acting. Even if you are wrong or make a mistake you will feel better for having done something.

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