Can you put things off until the last minute – telling yourself, “you work best under pressure”?
Maybe procrastination is your coping mechanism.
According to earlier research, this was an unconscious way to give yourself an out from the façade. A coping mechanism to relieve the performance anxiety you felt about possibly being exposed.
When you fail, you can blame it on leaving it to the last minute. However, when you do succeed, it strengthens the belief that you hoodwinked them again.
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