I am a PhD candidate. Whenever I am anxious about something/some task I need to work on, I convince myself that maybe if I go out to a cafe I like and work from there I might be able to get done with the task. I make it to the cafe, get my stuff out and bam, another bout of anxiety hits. I have thoughts like “would I have been better off at home?” “What if I spend money here and end up not getting any work done?” “I can’t spend money” “but if I get a lot of work done, then spending money is justified, right?”

I am SO tired of my anxious thoughts. I really do need to get things done. I have 2.5 months to analyze my data and do my final defense.

Please help 😭😭