Procrastination Can Have Real Health Consequences

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People who chronically procrastinate also tend to put off engaging in those health promoting behaviors that would really help their health overall. People who scored higher on a measure of chronic procrastination were more likely to be in the group that had poor heart health. So either short term health impacts, but there's also some more serious long term health impacts as well.

We all know the feeling of scrambling at the last minute to finish a task that we could have and should have tackled much sooner. Fuschia Sirois, PhD, of Durham University, talks about why procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not one of laziness or poor time management skills; how it can harm our mental and physical health; why it’s so tied up with guilt and shame; and how self-compassion can help us overcome it. Links Fuchsia Sirois, PhD Speaking of Psychology Home Page