u/Individual_Hand8127

I want to talk about the experience of avoiding something you should do because it feels too late to do anything about it. I'm a college student with 4 weeks left this semester and I don't have any plans this summer, no job or internship lined up. Something I experience is that as more and more time goes by, it actually becomes harder to make plans. I think it's because I'm avoiding guilt. I'm worried that if I start researching jobs and internships, I'll realize that all the good opportunities were taken months ago and that the guilt will feel extremely disappointing. So ironically I just accept that it's probably too late and try to avoid thinking about it.

Some other ways I've experienced this feeling: avoiding asking a professor for an extension on an assignment because by then several days have gone by and it's probably too late by now. Or avoiding inviting a friend to a concert I'd been thinking about for months but never invited them and now it feels so last minute that they probably won't be able to go. This feeling also probably results from some type of anxiety. Please share if you've also had similar experiences.