Podcast
Task paralysis and procrastination - why it's so hard to get sh*t done
All in the Mind, Vol.31 August 2025
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
2025
Abstract
Five years of unpaid taxes. Homework handed in on the last day of an extension. Some people are champion procrastinators.
Why? And what does task paralysis (sometimes called ADHD paralysis) have to do with it?
Today: the personality traits that make you more prone to procrastination, the types of tasks we're most likely to put off, and what to do if your to-do list sends you into fight-or-flight mode.
Details
- Title
- Task paralysis and procrastination - why it's so hard to get sh*t done
- Authors
- Catherine Houlihan (Interviewee) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - PsychologySana Qadar (Interviewer)
- Publication details
- All in the Mind, Vol.31 August 2025
- Format
- 30:47 minutes
- Publisher
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Date published
- 2025
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991155239502621
- Output Type
- Podcast
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