I work best under pressure but analyze: am I creating unnecessary stress? Map deadline patterns: self-imposed procrastination, last-minute rushes, quality trade-offs. Calculate: deadline pressure productivity vs. sustained work productivity vs. stress cost. Show me the deadline trap: using pressure because I haven't learned to work without it. Give me the truth: deadline pressure is crutch, not feature. Include: whether I could work well without pressure, if quality suffers from rushing, and how to work steadily without deadline panic.