#adhd studyblr

[staticvn]

today’s “study” session:

i have a 30 page seminar work for history I have left for last minute so these next few days will be an actual torture. But at least it’s history.

A lot of reading done today. Tomorrow will be starting putting everything together !

[bl00dylips]

hello ✮

I've been a bit sad because I'm taking way more time than neurotipical people to finish my degree, between my adhd and mental health struggles my uni career has been quite slow which tends to demotivate me.

To counteract this I've been watching millie lao's yt videos, she's a student at Yale and makes uni life seem so fun and light. I put her videos in the background and it feels like studying with a friend which keeps me in check 🌀

Rn I'm studying linguistics which is one of the most difficult exams I still have to do, so on one side I truly want to lock in to get it off my checklist!

adhd tips of the day:

✮ if it doesn't distract you, put on a studying video on yt for background noise and to keep that part of the brain that wants to wander around focused on the academic vibe

✮ use a nice scented candle, this might sound stupid but smells keep the mind interested and soothed (in the pic you can see the chocolate scented one I love)

Q: how do you keep your concentration up?

[nihilistem]

adhd study affirmations + tips to stray from discouragement by a stem student with adhd.

you’re not always going to be consistent. you’re not always going to be motivated. you’re not always going to be efficient. and that is okay.

edit : thank you so much to whoever blazed this post. It means the world to me.

and the fact that you even got this far is an accomplishment in and of itself. In this line of work, people aren’t always the kindest to neurodivergent people especially since our symptoms can often hinder our performance academically.

if you’re good to go after reading the above, I’ve also made a post regarding adhd study tips that I haven’t seen anywhere else. (Part 2 is here!) But, if you’re burned out like me, feel free to keep reading.

honestly, these might serve a bit more as reminders because they’re kinda simple but even I needed this, so, here we go.

do not seek advice from anyone neurotypical unless it genuinely helps you. I cannot tell you the amount of time and tears I could have saved if I just considered the fact that just because popular self-improvement tips or study techniques didn’t work for me, it doesn’t mean I’m stupid or useless. It simply means our brains isn’t motivated by the same things neurotypical ones are, and therefore a lot of popular self-improvement videos or study tips aren’t going to work for you because 90% of the time, they’re not designed to work for neurodivergent people. So if you’d like to seek help in this area, look for tips and videos that ARE for neurodivergent people.

you might experience burnout a lot more than others. again, that is fine. if this doesn’t apply to you, great! Feel free to skip to the next tip/affirmation. If this does apply to you, read this carefully; if you’ve had any sort of streak in studying right now, chances are you know at least a portion of your studies were led purely on interest, curiosity or even novelty, as these are what keep us engaged in our studies. Knowing this, it is natural for you to experience burnout more frequently than others due to the possible hyperfixations that have been forming around your work. If you get burned out, please remember to take a break for a day and make sure it is efficient. Like your studies, your breaks are the key to having efficient study sessions in the future. So please treat yourself, especially if you’ve been working extra hard!

do not admire studious fictional characters unless it genuinely helps you or they too are neurodivergent. I know this technically could have been thrown in with tip number 1 but I felt like this tip alone is so important, because nowadays I see a lot of study tips with the title, ‘how to study like (insert studious fictional character here)’ and when I look at the post it kinda repeats the same few study tips I see all the time like ‘stay organized’ or ‘time block your day’ and I feel like admiring fictional characters who do things that don’t work for you can be damaging for your mental health, because we’re already told by neurotypical people all around us that we’re slow or lazy just because we don’t do things the way they do, and I think idolizing neurotypical people that make us feel bad at the end of the day just further promotes that kind of toxic thinking.

expect that a routine/schedule/technique that has been working for a while now may not continue to work in the future. things will always have to be new for us to be interested or engaged, that being said, if you expect this in the future you won’t be frustrated with yourself because you already had this in mind. It doesn’t mean you’re not smart. It doesn’t mean you’re lazy. It doesn’t mean you’re useless. It just means that you’ve done what you could, and now it’s time to move on to another routine/schedule/technique.

keep doing the things you love alongside work. I find that because our symptoms may cause us to fall behind on our studies, we tend to neglect our other needs as human beings just to make up for the fact that we simply do not learn or pick things up the same way neurotypical people do. Your hobbies and interests need to be part of your day, just as your studies do, even if you may take longer to learn things or remember important concepts in your studies. Neglecting your hobbies or interests can lead to even more frequent burn outs and even a relapse in depression and anxiety, so please take care of yourself and recognize that you need and deserve these things just as much as anyone else.

regularly discover what works for you on your own. here’s the thing; neurodivergent or not, no two brains work the same. Of course it is good to try out advice or tips you find online because they’re backed up by experience, but they’re backed up by that person’s experience with working with their own brain. So naturally, you need to find what works with your brain. Be open to trying everything, even the tips that are discouraged like listening to lyrical music while studying. That was the only way I learnt that this tip actually does help me at times, even when many people have said that it negatively affects your focus.

that’s all I have right now guys, I think I’m experiencing burn out or probably falling back into depression again so more than anything this also served as a reminder for me, but I really hope it also helped you guys nonetheless.

As always, tell me if you guys would like more posts like these and I’ll be happy to make more <33 please take care of yourself guys, and remember that your studies is just one aspect of your life. There are other aspects that need your care and attention too.

[megumi-fm]

[ ✨ megumi.fm wrapped ✨ // aug 11th to dec 30th ; weeks 33 - 52/52]

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hi! i hope you guys have been healthy and well and productive and that you haven't forgotten about me 🥹 it's been the most eventful year ever for me in terms of experiences and changes in my life and I'm just so glad to be able to share it with you guys <3 I hope to be more productive and focused and active on here from next year ^=^ see y'all around ily guyssss and i miss y'all so much!! 🫶

[chaoticfroggo]

ADHD study tip

One of the hardest things about studying, or just being productive in general, with ADHD is getting started. It's so hard to just sit down and get something done. I was talking to my brother, who also has ADHD, and we realised we both do the same thing before studying. I always thought it was a bad thing, but after talking to my brother I realised it motivates me to continue being productive.

What we do is something we like to call "productive procrastination". It sounds bad, and yes, to an extent, it can be. Basically you do something not related to your task at hand that is still productive. It gives you that activation energy you need to just start what you need to do.

For example, yesterday I put on an audiobook and for half an hour I did a deep clean of my desk and bookshelves before starting my day of studying. Yes, this was procrastination, but it helped give me motivation. Doing something small makes what you need to do less daunting, because you get that bit of dopamine that keeps you going.

I also find that cleaning up my room really helps. I'm normally a really messy person, but when I study I need a clean space. I used to think it wasn't true, but I now really agree with the saying "messy room, messy mind".

[sufferwithaurora]

Online dictionaries and translators are useful but nothing beats the satisfaction of using physical ones. What's distraction? I don't know her, I'm an ancient scholar deep in texts

[babooshkaa]

new adhd/mental illness/disability hack for your next semester

instead of focusing on getting shit done, focus on studying for at least 10 (20/30 whichever sounds easy to you) minutes a day. not even like the 5 minute rule, not to get started, but literally only 10 minutes a day. you won't get everything done this way, but you will do at least some part of it by the time it's due tomorrow. you're probably still gonna have to work your ass off on the last day, but it's gonna be a few hours, not the whole night

I find it so discouraging to focus on the task, it feels like it's gonna take so much time and it stops me from even starting, so when it's due tomorrow I literally have to start from zero and do the whole thing, when I stop focusing on the end goal of completing it, it looks... like it's a thing I can actually do, yk. and things actually start getting done somehow

again, it's not to get started, not to trick your brain into starting, it's to do at least something

just. literally. 10. minutes.

may it help you in the new year

[the-0ther-mother]

Local public library...save me...

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[ashs-nerd-den]

Habitica

An ADHD saviour

You gain points for finishing tasks and building habits.

You can get eggs and potions to hatch pets and earn food to grow your pets.

DOPAMINE!!!

You can enter challenges to get gems to join special challenges

You can join parties to work together on quests and have group accountability

You can log achievements and convince yourself to do the things you need to do (this is also great for spoonies, without it I would just never get out of bed with exhaustion)

[helenstudies]

what do you mean if I am an "honest" and "realistic" studyblr? is posting one thing and disappearing for weeks on end not realistic enough for you? :/

[staticvn]

lately the only way i can make myself study or do any work is by pretending that i’m doing some super important world-saving research or uncovering some insane secrets of the universe…i’m straight up gaslighting myself into school…

[neristudy]

Oh, I forgot to share! I managed to get myself a thing that makes little holes in paper (I literally forgot the word, haha, and in my native tongue it's literally "a hole maker" xD) and well, why is it so important?

It's because I've ended up cutting the big papers into a smaller one. I really, really hate writing on a big paper! I love my papers small! And I love it in my small (A5, I think? Always was bad with paper sizes...) notebook!

And also, with my Ring-Notebook, I can organise papers all neatly and pretty, and change their order anytime I would want to. In the end, its not really matters, it's just a training paper, but oh well.

I am finding joy in little things! (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

And well, the most important thing is that I am doing things! Life is all about movement and doing, haha.

[jee-tard]

It sucks to be adhd. It really does.

I forgot I have my physics exam tomorrow..

What's worse is the emotional regulation part. Yikes.

Also whever ibtru to implement a change in my life, my "feelings" take over me.

Sometimes I think about the wated time and end up regretting over it.

Sometimes, I just obsess over an irrelevant stuff untill the novelty wears out...

[megumi-fm]

🎫 status update 🎫

[may 20th to aug 10th ; weeks 22 - 33/52]

hi besties I've been inactive for like two months now so here's an update on what I've been up to!

⚗️ completed my six month internship » 🔓achievement unlocked- sorcerer’s apprentice ✈️ moved out of the country » 📍currently in 🇸🇬 ↳ 📝 completed immigration process [4/5] ↳ 🏠 moved in to my new apartment ↳ 💳 set up my bank account and travel cards ↳ 📱 set up my mobile number 🎓 officially started my Masters Program!!! » 📑 24/25 intake for MSc Biotechnology 🧬 ↳ 📄 registered for sem1 courses [4/4] ↳ 📣 attended department orientation sessions [2/2] ↳ 🧪 attended compulsory workshops [1/1] ↳ 💻 undertaking laboratory safety tutorials [↺] 💌 other fun new experiences ↳ 🤝 attended uni-hosted networking programs [3/3] ↳ 🍵 organized and attended get-together events [2/2] ↳ 💞 made a lot of new friends ↳ 🍳 been cooking meals together with my housemates <3 ↳ 🎆 went to see the National Day Fireworks last night 🤍❤️

so yeah! that's been me for the past three months. I want to be more active on here but my Uni is notorious for its insane workload so let's see 🥹🥹

[ghostphys]

i’ve always sworn i would be so much more productive if i could just sleep from 6pm-2am and then study before uni but i’ve never tried this because i know my mother wouldn’t allow me.

however this week i’m going to be home alone all week so i might actually try it for this week, i’m not sure if anyone would be interested in updates but i’m actually really interested to see if anything with my studying changes.

[bl00dylips]

hello ✮

tomorrow i'll leave for a three-days trip so i'm trying to do as much studying as possible (but i'm not super enthusiast abt the trip so i'm having a bit of anxiety, which makes me want to watch youtube all day).

today i want to (possibily) finish taking notes on the ethnomusicology book i'm studying and (hopefully) continue with linguistics. i don't know if i'll manage everything since i have to pack but something is better than nothing!

(if you see white specks on my black desk, they're the aftermath of having adhd and thingking that you are a clay master having seen a single photo of a cute trinket on pinterest. spoilers, you'll end up with clay everywhere and a trinket that looks like a horror movie monster).

i've been listening to this video as background music and it has helped me a lot with focus 🪼 ✧°.🫧⋆.ೃ࿔*:･°‧