rking hard on the assignment, they feel it would be beneficial for them to eat dinner or take a shower first in order to be the most productive. When doing these things might seem logical at the time, the reason you feel like doing them is that the subconscious doesn't want to deal with the situation. It's buying more time.
             The best example of how the mind makes subconscious decisions to avoid anxiety-producing situations is seen in people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). People with OCD engage themselves in such activities as cleaning, counting, and/or checking things repetitively and with an abnormal urgency. They do these things for two reasons: one, to avoid engaging in a situation that could potentially produce anxiety, and two, to get care from the activity itself. The things they participate in are familiar and allow them to calm down. Although they might think be thinking they do these things for one reason (usually calling it
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