@mikemac - she’s definitely not the “afraid to fail” type described at that link (using procrastination as an explanation for failure). She has a >95 average in most of her classes and a UW 4.00 for K-10 (in the gifted/accelerated track since K). It’s a focus thing – where she’s not interested in the stuff and deadline pressure is required to get her focused on the task. My wife is the ultra-methodical type, so seeing D18 procrastinate drives her batty.
D’s main stress is from her social life at HS (if anything, that’s the “afraid to fail” situation). I think that’s spilling over into the lack of interest/motivation in classes. What’s weird is that when we go on a cruise she’ll bond with a gang of kids and be out until the early morning. Back at home, she’s isolated again. We don’t get it.