Procrastination and Workaholism Are Almost Identical | Viewer Question
Channel: Dr David Maloney Psychotherapy
Date: 2020-04-05

Procrastination and Workaholism are actually opposite sides of the same dysfunctional coin. To leanr how to stop procrastinating, visit: https://www.drdavidmaloney.com/procrastination-course-101
Viewer Question:
I can’t shake the feeling that I’m lazy. It’s just an inner feeling that seems so real to me. My dad, who I no longer have a good relationship with, used to accuse me of this when I was growing up. It bothered me then and, even now, in the face of abundant evidence to the contrary, I still feel lazy. I work all the time. In fact, I feel uneasy when I’m not working. It’s very difficult for me to switch off work mode. I’m relatively successful and I wish I could enjoy my success more. But there’s this constant impulse to keep going, to do more all the time. It feels like I’ve never done enough. It’s a feeling like, if I take my foot off the gas, something bad will happen and I’ll lose what I’ve managed to achieve. I know it makes no sense, but why can’t I get rid of the feeling?

Answer:
The belief is not that your behaviour is ‘lazy’.
It’s a belief that YOU are lazy (at your core, fundamentally, existentially).
Ask, who believes ‘I am lazy’?
The False Image (subpersonality) or persona beliefs it.
It is not YOU that believes it!
You can watch the judgement taking place. You observe it. Therefore, it cannot be YOU!
Question the shadow (Lazy) and reinterpret the persona (what is a healthy way to view yourself as 'hard-working').

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