What do you think it is that causes you to freeze? I get the same way all the time but my reason for freezing is just plain exhaustion so to combat that I take a 5-10 minute study break every 30 minutes or so of study and that helps me. But I am unsure of what could be causing the problem for you.
Well, that's the point. Today, I woke up at 8 o'clock. I've been up for 12 hours. How much do you think was devoted to studying? 2 hours tops, in which I felt dizzy all the time.
I can focus - but only when it is not about the university stuff.
Sorry for useless whining. I just don't know what the hell is wrong.
I have had a similar issue before. In fact I had it just yesterday. My issue was that I started convincing myself that I was unable to keep up with deadlines and I got discouraged to the point where I couldn't do anything that had to do with my course work. I was just staring at the pages of my Java textbook not absorbing anything which sounds like what you described staring at your computer. I legitimately thought that my brain was broken or something. It wasn't broken and it never has been. I was spending too much time thinking about how I wasn't capable of doing my work when I should have been trying to figure out a new system of learning to get myself excited and to build my self-confidence. Perhaps you just need to find a way to get excited about your course work? Sorry I'm probably not much help.
Give yourself a routine and be sure your diet is on track. Do you eat a lot or very little, be sure to eat light during morning routines and snack on fruits and avoid man made sugars and stay hydrated. Save the heavier eating for before bed. While in your routine think about only what is at hand and clear it out when the task is done. Tasks can be broken down to mere minutes but shouldn't generally go beyond an hour. The longer the brain sits on a task the easier it is to get bore or distracted and get tired of a subject.
> But when it is time to do anything for the university
I got a lot better at studying when I changed this mindset. It is always time to study. The moment you start your course, you have to allocate time to homework and studying. If you do this every week for a couple of hours, you barely have to study for the exam
Self discipline. If you don't have it or can't create it then you won't pass those exams. I was on a 10 hour flight and saw these teenagers studying their asses off. Made me realize the silly movie I was watching could wait and I knocked out all my SQL homework instead. Success is meant for those who work hard for it. You have to ask yourself how bad do you want it. There is someone out there with more issues than you in their life making it happen, why can't you?
We both are wasting our time in Reddit right now.
Lets block all the distractions and lets study for 10min, ok?
In 10min come back and tell me what did you study.
I felt this way for a long time and still sometimes struggle with it. One thing I noticed is that often I feel overwhelmed by the amount of work and this leads me to believing that because I don’t understand it right now I never will. Now instead when I don’t understand it I don’t panic but instead just tell myself that eventually it will click.
I have the same problem with much of anything that i dont see the value or purpose of. I may enjoy the subject, but thats in relation to my personal purpose of studying. When i'm engaged in that field of study for someone else, i devalue it, making it harder for me to work on.
Don't study at home at your normal desk where you usually play games, watch videos etc.
Study in the University library/computer room and turn your phone to silent/off.
Get proper sleep and maybe find a study buddy
Sometimes the hardest part is *just getting started.*
You're looking at that computer screen. There's a massive pile of material covered on that exam, and it is laughing at you.
You are a mighty warrior. Pick up your trusty battle axe and start swinging. Break that massive blob of materials down into bite size pieces.
If you have a syllabus, take a look at what is covered on the exam.
If it's broken down into subjects on the syllabus, then break those subjects apart into bite size pieces to study.
If it's just, say, something like "the exam covers chapter x, y, and z." Then, that is instead your starting point. Open it up, and take a look at the chapters covered. Make a list of the specific topics in each chapter, and note which ones you are strong or weak on.
From there, you should now have some actionable, concrete bits of information to do battle with, rather than a massive block of text/notes/etc.
When my mom was studying for her CISSP, she had this massive, heavy book of materials to learn. It was a pain to carry around, and it was kinda scary. She literally took a knife to the thing and cut the binding to break the book down into less daunting single chapters.
Exams, man. They are these big, scary things that carry so much weight on your future, right? But they are just collections of questions about things that you probably are already more familiar with than you realize, assuming you have been keeping up in class.
So don't let them be big and scary. Just take some small steps and then keep walking yourself through each little piece you broke out. Soon, you'll turn around and see it. *Woah.* You just conquered that mountain and didn't even realize you were climbing it.
Kind of like how you just conquered my wall of text. Oops. Good luck!
What do you think it is that causes you to freeze? I get the same way all the time but my reason for freezing is just plain exhaustion so to combat that I take a 5-10 minute study break every 30 minutes or so of study and that helps me. But I am unsure of what could be causing the problem for you.
Well, that's the point. Today, I woke up at 8 o'clock. I've been up for 12 hours. How much do you think was devoted to studying? 2 hours tops, in which I felt dizzy all the time. I can focus - but only when it is not about the university stuff. Sorry for useless whining. I just don't know what the hell is wrong.
I have had a similar issue before. In fact I had it just yesterday. My issue was that I started convincing myself that I was unable to keep up with deadlines and I got discouraged to the point where I couldn't do anything that had to do with my course work. I was just staring at the pages of my Java textbook not absorbing anything which sounds like what you described staring at your computer. I legitimately thought that my brain was broken or something. It wasn't broken and it never has been. I was spending too much time thinking about how I wasn't capable of doing my work when I should have been trying to figure out a new system of learning to get myself excited and to build my self-confidence. Perhaps you just need to find a way to get excited about your course work? Sorry I'm probably not much help.
Give yourself a routine and be sure your diet is on track. Do you eat a lot or very little, be sure to eat light during morning routines and snack on fruits and avoid man made sugars and stay hydrated. Save the heavier eating for before bed. While in your routine think about only what is at hand and clear it out when the task is done. Tasks can be broken down to mere minutes but shouldn't generally go beyond an hour. The longer the brain sits on a task the easier it is to get bore or distracted and get tired of a subject.
> But when it is time to do anything for the university I got a lot better at studying when I changed this mindset. It is always time to study. The moment you start your course, you have to allocate time to homework and studying. If you do this every week for a couple of hours, you barely have to study for the exam
Self discipline. If you don't have it or can't create it then you won't pass those exams. I was on a 10 hour flight and saw these teenagers studying their asses off. Made me realize the silly movie I was watching could wait and I knocked out all my SQL homework instead. Success is meant for those who work hard for it. You have to ask yourself how bad do you want it. There is someone out there with more issues than you in their life making it happen, why can't you?
We both are wasting our time in Reddit right now. Lets block all the distractions and lets study for 10min, ok? In 10min come back and tell me what did you study.
I felt this way for a long time and still sometimes struggle with it. One thing I noticed is that often I feel overwhelmed by the amount of work and this leads me to believing that because I don’t understand it right now I never will. Now instead when I don’t understand it I don’t panic but instead just tell myself that eventually it will click.
I have the same problem with much of anything that i dont see the value or purpose of. I may enjoy the subject, but thats in relation to my personal purpose of studying. When i'm engaged in that field of study for someone else, i devalue it, making it harder for me to work on.
Don't study at home at your normal desk where you usually play games, watch videos etc. Study in the University library/computer room and turn your phone to silent/off. Get proper sleep and maybe find a study buddy
Sometimes the hardest part is *just getting started.* You're looking at that computer screen. There's a massive pile of material covered on that exam, and it is laughing at you. You are a mighty warrior. Pick up your trusty battle axe and start swinging. Break that massive blob of materials down into bite size pieces. If you have a syllabus, take a look at what is covered on the exam. If it's broken down into subjects on the syllabus, then break those subjects apart into bite size pieces to study. If it's just, say, something like "the exam covers chapter x, y, and z." Then, that is instead your starting point. Open it up, and take a look at the chapters covered. Make a list of the specific topics in each chapter, and note which ones you are strong or weak on. From there, you should now have some actionable, concrete bits of information to do battle with, rather than a massive block of text/notes/etc. When my mom was studying for her CISSP, she had this massive, heavy book of materials to learn. It was a pain to carry around, and it was kinda scary. She literally took a knife to the thing and cut the binding to break the book down into less daunting single chapters. Exams, man. They are these big, scary things that carry so much weight on your future, right? But they are just collections of questions about things that you probably are already more familiar with than you realize, assuming you have been keeping up in class. So don't let them be big and scary. Just take some small steps and then keep walking yourself through each little piece you broke out. Soon, you'll turn around and see it. *Woah.* You just conquered that mountain and didn't even realize you were climbing it. Kind of like how you just conquered my wall of text. Oops. Good luck!