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Anonymous Sun 27 Mar 06:54:22 2022 No.14339835 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>14340061 >>14340983 >>14342785 >>14344605 >>14344676 >>14344911 >>14345935 >>14345976

How do I make myself study?
>large exam soon
>literally fighting with all my mental power to open the book and read it
>delete all social media
>still cannot force myself to study
>not even depressed
>good student, never had this issue before
It feels like an alien has taken over my body and I can't make it study with my own will.

What the fuck is happening to me?
>inb4 just do it; yeah I know

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Mar 2022 09:16:07 No.14340033 Report

Quoted By: >>14342697

You probably dont like what you are studying, consider pursuing another career before you waste more time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Mar 2022 09:35:01 No.14340061 Report

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>>14339835
getting off 4chan is a first.
I'm in the exact same situation as you, I've found that rewarding the study helps, i.e for every hour you study you get 2 hours of free time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Mar 2022 12:39:25 No.14340381 Report

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Sound unironically like adhd.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Mar 2022 16:20:05 No.14340983 Report

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>>14339835
jerk off

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Mar 2022 01:45:17 No.14342697 Report

Quoted By: >>14342737

>>14340033
Not OP but yeah. What's funny is that I'm interested in shit that should be only studied in my career, Math; but this crap is so diverse that there's little overlap with what I want to study and the current school curriculum. There's a lot of shit to make you lose time but not actually advance in your understanding of concepts

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Mar 2022 02:12:01 No.14342737 Report

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>>14342697
Fact

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Mar 2022 02:33:55 No.14342785 Report

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>>14339835
This is a very cursory answer but maybe provision times to study and relax? Like study for a couple hours, rest for a couple hours, study, rest, etc. You'll know exactly when you'll have to do what so you can anticipate it, you can have something to look forward to it, and the sheer guilt of not studying when you're supposed to will become quantifiable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Mar 2022 18:32:21 No.14344605 Report

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>>14339835
>It feels like an alien has taken over my body and I can't make it study with my own will.

Create an opposing alien and fight back.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Mar 2022 19:08:57 No.14344676 Report

Quoted By: >>14344682

>>14339835
Pomodoro method.
>25 minutes of study
>5 minute break
>repeat three more times
>10 minute break
>repeat ad nauseam
This works for me and I've been diagnosed with ADHD.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Mar 2022 19:10:55 No.14344682 Report

Quoted By: >>14344686 >>14345979

>>14344676
what do you even do during those 5 minute breaks?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Mar 2022 19:11:58 No.14344686 Report

Quoted By: >>14346018

>>14344682
Get up and pace around my house

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Mar 2022 20:42:19 No.14344911 Report

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>>14339835
Going to a library is op for me

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 02:32:05 No.14345575 Report

Quoted By: >>14345811 >>14345982

turn on ur lectures and watch them like a series, cram it all in 3 days if u have to. better than not opening up ur books

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 05:23:03 No.14345811 Report

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>>14345575
Lecture is in front of me paused. I'm just going to kill myself at this point. Unironically

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 07:18:41 No.14345935 Report

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>>14339835
You could start taking adderall. The problem is if you take it regularly for a long period of time, it fucks up your brain's natural dopamine production. If you're willing to take that risk, it will definitely help you study.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 07:56:17 No.14345976 Report

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>>14339835
Unironically just do it.
I had problems with that shit for 15 years and I still haven't find the more effective solution than just do it, opening the book, struggle through first couple minutes and then get carrried away.

Procrastination is a situation where the first step is the hardest one, but it's absolutely necessary.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 07:59:01 No.14345979 Report

Quoted By: >>14346018

>>14344682
Walk around, give eyes a rest.
But I personally think pomodoro tech won't work with procrastination since you will just make that 5 minute break into 15/50/150 minutes.
IMHO, if you have procrastination issues, the "grip and hold" approach - "just start doing something forcefully and don't stop until you physically can't continue" - is more effective.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 08:00:31 No.14345982 Report

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>>14345575
>turn on lectures.

>2 hr lecture on Spring framework I need to do for my job
>Spent 8 hours listening to it, rewinding, writing notes and writing code.
Fucking how.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 08:17:53 No.14346018 Report

Quoted By: >>14346034

>>14344686
Ok, thanks. 5-minute breaks aren't enough time to do anything besides move around or get some water. Maybe push-ups or jumping rope would be good as well.

>>14345979
I'm not OP, but have the same issue.

The problem is, even if I force myself to study I get super bored/tired after around 40-50 minutes and I can't focus anymore and I keep daydreaming. (unless I love the topic deeply)
But that's not feasible, since I'm forced to study modules that aren't really related to the bachelor's degree I chose.

I swear it wasn't this bad in high school, I could just plow through the boring stuff, now it's extremely hard. The only difference was, that I actually talked to people during high school, but since it's all online now I never talk to anyone.

Maybe lack of social contact fucked me up, or never having a relationship and loneliness in general finally caught up with me.
Maybe it's a motivation issue because I don't really know what will bring me happiness, even after I graduate and earn money what reason is there to continue living life?
I will never kill myself, but everything feels bland and boring.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 08:23:18 No.14346034 Report

Quoted By: >>14346044

>>14346018
> I get super bored/tired after around 40-50 minutes and I can't focus anymore and I keep daydreaming. (unless I love the topic deeply)
Can't help you with that, I have a mild OCD when it comes to things like that, so even if the stuff is boring, I instinctively try to understand it in order to rewrite/optimize/regurgiate it into less boring version.
That, of course, provides it's own set of fucking problems when learning shit.

>I will never kill myself, but everything feels bland and boring.
I do it just to satisfy my craving to have some information. But the thing is, I got bored of Internet first.

Oh, I remember another trick. Try to make yourself do some task that you don't like more, and then you will do an original task in order to procrastinate on that new task.
It's hilarious but it sometimes works well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Mar 2022 08:32:29 No.14346044 Report

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>>14346034
Thanks.

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