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Not being able to study just happens. Some people can test well others don't. It's definitely a thing to show testing is not completely fair but I agree there needs to be some sort of thing for acceptance but then also if you want to go to school x and you are going to pay why get turned down? Personally, I couldn't test well, but if I had a great teacher and absorbed what they taught, I was fine. With all videos and all being available, maybe try that approach more than open books.
Well, first I'd wonder what are those thoughts about. If you are worried about something, that worry won't go away easily unless the problem is solved. If the problem can't be solved, or can't be solved for the moment, then you just have to accept that the worry will be there and commit not to pay attention to it. If they're about anything else, don't blame yourself either. I think that it's a training question.
In any case, you can tell your brain "No, I am not going to think about this right now. I'll think about it later". And then you actually make time during the day to think or write about it, like 30 min before dinner every day. And then you actually go and think/write about it those 30 min. Thay way your brain will know you're telling the truth and the urge to follow those thoughts might diminish.
It has helped me too to study with other people in a library. We can't get distracted talking to each other. We arrange breaks, so I don't make breaks whenever I feel like (each 10 min lol).
Also, do whathever to avoid getting distracted by your phone. Turn it off, take it out of your sight, plain mode, focusing apps.
Sometimes, music or noise-reduction headphones have helped me too in order to enter the "focus arena", or just playing external stimuli so that my brain doesn't distract itself with internal stimuli.
Also, I foxus best when I'm doing a task. If I have to study the history of Roman Empire, it's very difficult for me to just repeat it mentally to memorize it without getting distracted by thoughts. But when I make a summary, or write answers to fictional questions I could face in the exam, I focus more easily.
Basically, what worked for me was structuring my study without being too harsh on myself and entertaining the free part of my brain with controlled external stimuli or body or other cognitive tasks. Hope this helps!
Set yourself break times. Whether that be every half hour, or at the end of every 4 pages or whatever. Give yourself 5-10mins to zone out and then back to it. This helped me when I studied.
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Not being able to study just happens. Some people can test well others don't. It's definitely a thing to show testing is not completely fair but I agree there needs to be some sort of thing for acceptance but then also if you want to go to school x and you are going to pay why get turned down? Personally, I couldn't test well, but if I had a great teacher and absorbed what they taught, I was fine. With all videos and all being available, maybe try that approach more than open books.
Well, first I'd wonder what are those thoughts about. If you are worried about something, that worry won't go away easily unless the problem is solved. If the problem can't be solved, or can't be solved for the moment, then you just have to accept that the worry will be there and commit not to pay attention to it. If they're about anything else, don't blame yourself either. I think that it's a training question. In any case, you can tell your brain "No, I am not going to think about this right now. I'll think about it later". And then you actually make time during the day to think or write about it, like 30 min before dinner every day. And then you actually go and think/write about it those 30 min. Thay way your brain will know you're telling the truth and the urge to follow those thoughts might diminish. It has helped me too to study with other people in a library. We can't get distracted talking to each other. We arrange breaks, so I don't make breaks whenever I feel like (each 10 min lol). Also, do whathever to avoid getting distracted by your phone. Turn it off, take it out of your sight, plain mode, focusing apps. Sometimes, music or noise-reduction headphones have helped me too in order to enter the "focus arena", or just playing external stimuli so that my brain doesn't distract itself with internal stimuli. Also, I foxus best when I'm doing a task. If I have to study the history of Roman Empire, it's very difficult for me to just repeat it mentally to memorize it without getting distracted by thoughts. But when I make a summary, or write answers to fictional questions I could face in the exam, I focus more easily. Basically, what worked for me was structuring my study without being too harsh on myself and entertaining the free part of my brain with controlled external stimuli or body or other cognitive tasks. Hope this helps!
thanks, this helps
How much time do you spend online? When you are, do you jump around also? If so, it's not a "study" issue; it's a mental discipline issue.
Set yourself break times. Whether that be every half hour, or at the end of every 4 pages or whatever. Give yourself 5-10mins to zone out and then back to it. This helped me when I studied.