An AuDHD student who describes themselves as an “all-or-nothing” person has chosen “nothing” again, eyewitnesses have claimed.

Des Ackerman, 20, reportedly struggles to start assignments unless they know they can finish the whole thing in a day. However, given how difficult it is to apply that mentality to an entire dissertation, they have resolved to spend another day doing absolutely nothing towards it.

Ackerman said: “I feel wildly uncomfortable leaving anything unfinished by the time I go to bed, and once I start this dissertation I won’t be able to sleep until it’s been submitted. By my estimations, that means I’m either going to have to beat a world record for sleep deprivation or, erm, repeat the year?”

“My personal tutor keeps telling me to break it down into chunks but I just can’t trick myself. The whole thing is going to consume my every waking thought until it’s done, so the solution is just not to start.”

Tutor Graeme Hart, 35, said: “This might be the first time I’ve denied someone an extension on ethical grounds.”

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