I have two brains: there's My Brain, then there's Squirrel Brain. Squirrel Brain is easily distracted, panics when thinking about starting things, and procrastinates. I HAVE to distract Squirrel Brain with movies & TV. Only then can My Brain focus on whatever while Squirrel Brain is occupied.

omg are you me???

Lol I have some experience with squirrel brain myself. My squirrel brain can only handle shitty mindless TV too 😅

I played SO MANY MOVIES & TV SHOWS when working on my theses. Rich's Wall o' DVDs is the reason why I have my PhD 😆 Now I use Distractovision for cleaning, writing, artwork, whatever I need to complete. Then I'm not "doing the Thing that causes anxiety," I'm "watching a movie while doing the Thing"