Sometimes procrastination isn't laziness.
It's the temporary relief your brain gets from avoiding the possibility of failing at something that matters to you.
People can become emotionally attached to uncertainty because certainty forces them to confront what they already know.
Hope can become a form of avoidance.
When someone constantly tests how much you'll tolerate, they're not always unaware.
Sometimes they're subconsciously measuring how much power they have over you.