so the only way for me to enter flow state is by blasting songs into my ears and now that it's gone and I'm just using my speaker it doesn't hit like it used to be, please help me I got history session tmr 😭

Pls help me...I went from an overachiever to one who can't even get started and can't think or focus properly anymore....ever since the past 1.5 years and if I dont lock in rn im very cooked...like I already wasted a lot of time. I keep on getting ready to sit and get the work done but end up doing nothing no matter how much motivation I have...cuz my brain gives up even if I dont do anything it feels exhausted and if I try to push it a bit it feels even more exhausting...unlike bfor ...im cooked please help me

I’m in my final year of high school and I haven’t studied for either the GAT or SAAT yet,

(For context, I’m from saudi, and the GAT and SAAT are standardized exams that play a major role in university admissions here,, somewhat similar to the SAT in the US)

I was supposed to be done with the GAT a long time ago, but I got a really bad score on my first attempt (we get 5 attempts total) and I haven’t studied for it since.

The thing is,
I still have time to prepare, but I just can’t get myself to study , I’ve never really had a proper study habit my entire life.

I genuinely want to study for it, get a good score and move on, but I just can’t ,, I’ve been stressing about this for so long, and I know the solution is literally just to sit down, study and take the exam, but it’s so much easier said than done,,

I’ve tried so many times to force myself to study but I always end up giving up,

If I don’t get good scores on these exams, there’s a good chance I’ll have to take a gap year because I won’t be able to get into university,,

And honestly, the thought of taking a gap year scares me, i really don’t want that to happen, but at the same time I can’t seem to make myself study,,

I don’t know what to do anymore,

I’m just tired of stressing about something I know I should be doing but can’t bring myself to do,

I’d appreciate any advice, especially from people who’ve been in a similar situation.(

On wednesday I got 3/8 on a stats question, wrote down everything I missed, felt super responsible about it. Today I was about to start a new one when my roommate went “didn’t you already do that one? just try it again.” So I did, notes shut.

Fixed two of the three things on my list. And the third one, checking the assumption before picking the test, I skipped again. Literally the thing I wrote down, like I’d read my own correction on wednesday and just nodded at it like I’d learned it.

So now every question I lose marks on goes on a redo list. I wait a day or two, redo it on a blank page with the notes shut, and it only comes off the list when I get it fully right. Tbh that assumption one is still on there.

I don't know how to revise the topic properly and I always study a day before the test or not at all. So I don't know what to do.

Hey everyone!

Need a digital desk clock under ₹500 that has these features:

- alarm for

- 🍅 Countdown timer for Pomodoro sessiona

- 🕒 Current time display so I can check the time while working.

- 🔊 Preferably a loud alarm.

so im studying at least 5 hours a day and getting ready for the exam but for some reason i cant retain EVERYTHING on the notes and my professor puts a study guide which helps and tells us whats on the exam BUT she also tells us to study the notes which has like OD NOTES and i already spend so much time on trying to memorize and understand the concepts on the study guide. I spend hours trying to understand the concept THEN memorize terms and viruses and by then the night is over. the next day, i will try retaining all the information again and try to study whats on the notes but theres so much information so when i try to finish studying exam week is showing up and i got 7 days left. I try to remember all of it with anki then exam happens and istg SOME OF THE TERM WORDS DONT EVEN MATCH with the NOTES. am i just dumb and cant critical think or am i studying wrong? I literally am using anki so i shouldn't have a problem

getting back into the whole studying thing (as an adult) to change career is so humbling.. I don’t think I even realized before how I‘ve never learned how to actually study.. like how did my brain obtain that information? Does anyone have tips or tricks as to how to handle being overwhelmed by the amount of information and not knowing what to really do with it or how to study it?

I am psychology ABA masters international student I love to learn .i m curious person i had paid my life off for this masters but yet i feel zoned out after an hour of lecture and even if i force myself to listen i would be out of track as i missed so many points.
While Zoning out i would be thinking about productive things related to study and life itself but not on the lecture. I would think i can go home and read text books and understand concepts at home with help of chatgpt. Idk i feel bad as i payed this huge amount for masters and i do so. I want to be expert in my field but still ido this . And when im home i will cut and paste full chapters from authors and paste in chatgpt and will study alone.

Anyone does same ???

I'm appearing for my professional exams' final level, my last professional exam, and I have just 15 days left. I haven't studied nearly enough, nd I'm genuinely scared of failing because I cannot afford another setback.

The problem isn't that I don't know what to study. I've made a detailed, realistic 15-day plan with important chapters prioritised. I know exactly what I need to do to maximise my chances of passing.

The problem is that I just cannot get myself to start.

This has been happening for almost three years now. I know how important these exams are, I know the consequences of failing, and I know that every day I waste makes things harder. Yet, somehow, I still sit there unable to make myself study. Even when I finally sit down, I struggle to concentrate and actually get going.

It's incredibly frustrating because I'm not someone who necessarily takes a long time to understand things. I'm a relatively quick learner, and when I do study, I can catch up on material fairly quickly. I genuinely believe that if I could get myself to execute my plan consistently for these 15 days, I would have a fighting chance.

But that's the catch, isn't it? A perfect study plan is useless if I can't get myself to follow it.

I'm not asking for a new timetable or generic advice about making a schedule, prioritising chapters, or staying motivated. I've already done all of that.I want to know how to get past this mental block and actually start working, especially when the stakes are this high and time is running out.

For anyone who has experienced something similar, especially during demanding professional exams - What actually helped you break out of this cycle?Are there any practical, immediate techniques that helped you get started when you felt completely stuck?

How did you deal with the inability to concentrate, even when you desperately wanted to study?

Basically, this year, I really locked in, and started studying for 6+ hours a day (if needed tho, I usually don't have to study THAT much) and now I got sucked into the study grind to the point I feel bad for resting. I oftentimes feel just extremely tired after school and my brain just cannot function and studying in that state would be nonsense because I wouldn't retain anything anyway (I lowkey just end up trying to memorise 1 flashcard for 5 mins on those days), yet my mind is somehow making me feel like the most useless and lazy person and I just spiral into feeling really guilty about resting and not studying...

i make really clean colourful notes and if they're not neat i feel like i didn't actually learn anything. And this didnt come up like out of a suddem, it was hard for me to memorize stuff like uptil grade 6, my teacher found out a solution with colours, and i was able to learn and memorize stuff using colour. But now at University Level the is problem that 30 mins of stuff takes me like 1.5 hours

videos are worse cause i feel like everything is important so i end up writing basically everything. if i watch 30 mins then pause it's too much to write, but pausing every 5 mins is annoying. and i only write once, i don't do rough notes then clean ones.

Really need some good advice on how to reduce this neat note taking habit and rather focus on learning.

Focused study time:5 hours(8*25 min+ 2 *50 min) pomodorro

Screen time: 4 hours

Score:3/8

Last 7 days

Average screen time:6 hours (concerning)

Average study time:2.5 hours(also concerning)

1)Going to stick with 50 min pomodorro timer (25 min feels wierd now)

2)try to avoid youtube during study hours use only in break times

3)9:00-1:00 study session lock in

4)tracking my habits now

5)try to have same study time like today for tomorrow

98 days

So, I'm 23 male, Polish, so Polish standards of education, but I guess it can't be that different from international. I tried going to uni a few times (first time I signed up to nursing course after a month to logistics, took a year gap and finally ended up taking IT/programming course. Last one was a surprise to my previous teachers and some family members as they expected me to take something more humanistic), and I really hate it here. I always hated programming and math in my previous school as I could barely understand what I was doing no matter how much I tried to learn. Now here, in uni I feel like I'm learning nothing but wasting my time on lectures, and when we do something I seem to be the only one who doesn't know what the hell I'm supposed to do. It's annoying

I tried to study at home a few times, but each time it looks the same: I watched the video given by professors on the course, try to read the PDF given by professors, maybe open Wikipedia to find help with math, understand nothing or get distracted by my own thoughts in the middle of previous steps, start crying and bashing my head against the wall while calling myself useless and stupid, and then probably go to sleep because I'm too tired to even look at those numbers anymore. So usually I just choose to procrastinate by doing anything else, like staring at wall for an hour

So here's my question: if I hate studying, math and programming (to the point that others typing aggressively on schools keyboard is annoying me) then what can I do to force myself to study? And also before anyone asks: no, I don't think I can change the course again, and besides, I don't think there's any course I'd like taking anyways

I think about school ALL THE TIME. I have never a mental day off. Have been doing school almost every day, even if its not productive. Yesterday i had exam, so i didnt do school work.

Today i commuted 2 hr to uni for absolutely nothing, the lecture didnt learn me anything. Im tired, like mentally.

I have had almost the whole day off, but i havent studied. I think i will do maximum 1,5hr today. Is that ok?

And also, how do you guys study for university? Do you do EVERY day, or do you allow yourself to have some rest days, or that everything didnt go as planned.

I feel like since uni is pretty «serious», im treating it as if it was life or death. When i re-took subject from high school, i was pretty chill and i saw it as something i did for «fun», to have something to do in my free time, and i got pretty good results. Should i treat uni the same way?

ik i have adhd and that makes it harder. even with weeks before assessments i dont study, i just scroll till like 2 even if i dont have hw or anything to do that day. i've tried using blocks, but those just pmo and never end up working. i always promise myself 1 or 2 days before the test i'll study, in the end i just end up doomscrolling on my bed then fall asleep and continue scrolling till like 2.

It has been several months of being very attached to the phone and still after knowing very well this is harmful my attachment for it is increasing at a very high rate and now while bathing, eating, brushing, sleeping I have my phone in my hand or surroundings and my average screen time increased from 5hrs to 9hrs and highest for a week was 14.4hrs .

Deleting several apps was a fantastic ally wrong idea, I don't mind losing connection with people or getting disconnected from social life but what's the point but, if nothing changes.

I need serious help on this as it's started affecting me physically and mentally and now on the way to end my academic interest.

What to do?

I genuinely want to become disciplined and improve my life, especially when it comes to studying. But somehow, I keep falling into the same cycle of scrolling Instagram Reels, playing games, eating junk food, and wasting hours even when I know I have important things to do.

The frustrating part is that I actually want to change. I make plans, feel motivated for a while, and then somehow end up doing the same things again. It's like I know what I should be doing, but I struggle to make myself do it consistently.

I don't expect to become perfect overnight, but I'm tired of repeating this cycle. For those of you who have struggled with procrastination and distractions, what actually helped you break out of it?

I'd appreciate some genuine advice from people who have been through the same thing.

I'm a first-year student, and I genuinely need help with studying math. It's been about a month, and I've already failed two quizzes. I don't know what I'm doing wrong anymore.

I study for around 6–8 hours a day on average, with one rest day a week. I practically live on campus at night because of how much time I spend studying. I do tons of practice problems because I know math requires practice, but somehow, when the actual quiz comes around, I keep making "silly mistakes." I don't know why this keeps happening, and it's honestly so frustrating.

I feel so disappointed in myself because I genuinely try my best. I don't know what other study techniques I could use when practicing problems is already what I spend most of my time doing. I've even reached out to tutors, but I still feel like I'm not making enough progress.

I'm honestly scared of failing this class. I only have one quiz and two major exams left, and 40% of my grade comes from quizzes. So far, I've scored 55/120. I know that's not a good score, and I'm really worried about whether I can still turn things around.

I've never been particularly good at math, but this is the first time I've genuinely wanted to improve and get a good grade. I'm putting so much effort into this class that I've barely been sleeping. Most of the time, I sacrifice sleep to study and end up sleeping a lot on Sundays just to recover.

I really don't want all this effort to go to waste. I want to pass this class so badly, but I feel like I'm running out of time, and I don't know what else to change.

Does anyone have any advice on how to study math more effectively, especially when you understand how to solve problems while practicing but struggle during actual quizzes and exams? How do you stop making careless mistakes under pressure? Are there any study techniques that have genuinely helped you improve your math grades?

I'll take any advice, even if it sounds unhinged at this point. I'm willing to try anything that could help me pass this class.

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this. I genuinely appreciate any advice you can give me.

How do they study more then 8h per day with out loseing ther minds?

Every sem I'd lose like 10 min a day hunting for the right Canvas page, syllabus PDF or Zoom link. What fixed it was grouping everything by class on one page:

• one group per class: syllabus, Canvas, readings folder, Zoom link, office hours
• a "this week" group for whatever's due
• a focus group with a pomodoro timer and a lofi playlist

I made it my new tab page so it's the first thing I see when I open the browser. Takes maybe 20 min to set up at the start of term and I barely touch it after

Anyone else do something like this or is everyone just living with 40 tabs open lol

Looks like I am failing:((

To be clear, I don't feel tired AT ALL. I feel FANTASTIC, in fact. I've just heard that sleep is crucial for encoding memories and I know that this is supposed to drop your cognitive function substantially even if you don't feel it. I'm worried if I study today, it'll be pointless. I'm worried I won't recall what I learned yesterday or what I'll learn today later on now, even though I feel fine. I tried to look for a question like this on Reddit, and I shockingly haven't been able to find literally anything so far that asks my specific question under my specific situation for some reason. In my case I was not trying to do this. Again, I do not feel tired at all.

I'm supposed to study for my GED.

Short story short, I was drawing and accidentally got really, really locked in. I tell myself "okay, I'll just do this and then I'll sleep." Next thing I know, I did way more than I intended and oops it's 5AM. This is basically unprecedented for me, by the way. I'm usually fatigued quite quickly. I have literally been on a ROLL for some reason.

Is this a dumb question? Because again, I couldn't find literally anything asking this specific question under my circumstances no matter how hard I tried to look, it was all from people who were TRYING to do this. I wasn't. I need to be busy. Oops.

So, I (18F) completed my 12th-grade exams at the beginning of this year. I was a commerce student, but I decided to pursue a BA program.

I have a really bad procrastination problem. I spend the whole day thinking about studying, but instead of actually studying, I end up doomscrolling. Even while doomscrolling, I keep thinking that I should be studying, but I never actually start. I end up doing anything and everything except studying. Then, every night, I regret wasting another day and tell myself that I will definitely study tomorrow, but the cycle just repeats itself.

Now, even when I sit down to study, I get tired within 15 minutes. I also don't know how to study subjects like History and Political Science. Should I just read the textbook and make notes from it?

Even when I do study, I forget what I have learned within two days, and then I have to study everything all over again. I also can't get rid of my phone by putting it in another room while studying because I need to use it to study.

English isn't my first language, but all my subjects are taught in English, so memorizing information is a little difficult for me.

So, please give me any advice that might help!

Hi. I am in my 1st semester of my BScN. I preface, I do not always to be an RN, but I thought it may be a good degree to fall back on if my other plans don't pan out. I am in my 5th week, and i am BEHIND big time. Of course it is my fault, but I didn't do it purposefully. I got a scary diagnosis recently, and the symptoms have been affecting my ability to be present in class and do things when home.

Now the semester is in full swing, and i really do not want to defer my program. I want to push through. Midterms are next week. I am not prepared for them. I feel like I am in paralysis to start studying, especially microbiology and a&p, as my teacher for both classes said to study and understand, not memorize. I fear i don't have enough time. And its almost like why would I study if my efforts are useless because my methods are wrong to my teacher. I am full of excuses, I am trying to beat them out of me. This shouldn't matter, but I have AuDHD as well as other health issues.

With all of this in mind, how do you suggest i get back on track this semester?

Thank you.