exam stuff (kind of a vent)

I just can't get myself to study for the oral exams
In fact I can't get myself to do anything at this point
I'm trying so hard,I am,but the teachers can't exactly grade that

it's in my head every single moment I'm awake /srs
I am stressed about it every single moment I'm awake
and yet I can't study

The stress that persists constantly even though your brain also literally won't let you start helping yourself out with the thing that's stressing you out is absolutely the worst, I'm so sorry Lake.

sometimes for me it helps to watch something passively in the background that's good background noise but not interesting enough to pay full attention to but that might be a hard thing to do I just got lucky finding some horrible shows to make me lock in sometimes lol

sometimes it helps me to start the thing in shorter bursts , like 20-30 min intervals just to get you started and if the momentum picks up and you feel like keeping on going then great. even if you only do 10-20 mins it's better than nothing and if you keep on going then sweet

also I remember something my counselor told me a while ago, maybe try studying or working on something while you have some sort of candy or treat. like a sucker. work on it when you have that thing in your mouth or whatever. like gum or a sucker or something. keeps you mentally stimulated in a way. maybe not in the most teeth friendly way but.

last one might be much better with like, a sugar free gum or something. but same vibe. keep studying while chewing it until the flavor of it runs out or something.

it's a really distressing pattern to be stuck in , I understand what you're talking about completely and it can be gutting but I hope at least one of those strategies might help.

thank you so much!! both for your understanding and the strategies you listed,I'll definitely try them!!

I wish you luck with breaking the cycle of 'need to do thing but not doing thing and not doing thing makes the stress worse' it's a terrible one

thank you!! genuinely,the fact that you understand it so well is already helping a lot

For sure! Been there, done that. Or I guess in this case? Haven't yet done that. currently in that cycle too. agony

good luck to you,too!!! we can break out of it together

I used to feel like that all the time in my college class. I'm so sorry you're experiencing that

I'm glad you don't feel like that anymore!