I can attest that this is true, at least for myself. Used to have massive procrastination issues. Spent days playing video games I didn’t even really like anymore. Tried out all the standard advice for time management, but it didn’t do much. Mostly just increased the pressure when the results were lacking.

But through therapy (and also uniroinically mindfulness Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), I’ve gotten to a point that I find tremendously satisfying. I can actually do the things I always wanted to do. And though some procrastination still persists (frankly I doubt it’s possible to never ever procrastinate even just a little bit), it is now on a much, much more manageable and tolerable level.

And yeah, first feeling and regulating emotions was absolutely key in all of that.