I had an important report due very soon.

我当时有一份截稿日期迫在眉睫的重要报告要写。

Instead of writing, I cleaned my room and scrolled on my phone.

我没有写作，反而去打扫房间并不停刷手机。

The brain sees fear of failure as a real threat and freezes.

我们的大脑将对失败的恐惧视作生存威胁，从而让人陷入僵住状态。

I told my brain I would write for only two minutes.

我安抚自己的大脑，说只写两分钟。

Two minutes passed, and I easily kept working on the report.

两分钟过去后，我顺畅地继续写那份报告。

Now, whenever fear rises, I simply write the very first sentence.

如今每当恐惧升起，我就先写下第一句话。