If your image of yourself is set, procrastination protects you from having to change. Low Frustration Tolerance - If you have to wait for a reward, or someone else to motivate or inspire you, procrastination becomes the means of avoiding the hassle. Immediate Gratification - If you just cannot stand to wait, procrastination gives you an excuse to do something more interesting. This is procrastination's supertool. Passivity - If you really believe that you need somebody else to get you going, procrastination is the waiting you do until somebody else takes over.
Some people wait their whole lives.
Hostility - If you are disappointed because life doesn't give you what you want or think you deserve procrastination becomes the means of rebellion. It's not fair - If you really expect that all of your classes, teachers, and assignments will be fair, you will have plenty of excuses for procrastinating. They assume that someone will recognize the unfairness of their situation and will rescue them. They wait and are surprised when nobody comes to their rescue. They think that the powers that be will recognize the injustice and set it right.