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by mk4p 3858 days ago
What might constitute a guilt-laden form?
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Engaging in a leisure activity while feeling guilt for doing so.

It's probably safe to say there's a large overlap with procrastination.

WaitButWhy has a great piece on this idea: http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/11/how-to-beat-procrastination.ht...
To me, this means asking the following: when you do something, do you feel guilty after? Do you hate yourself for playing 5 hours of video games every night when you know you could be productive? That's a guilt-laden activity.
For some, the video games might not even be games they particularly enjoy—just grindy/addictive games that have a superior numbing effect or sense of progress.