#attention issues

[wanderingmind867]

I feel like I haven't made a lot of vent posts lately. That might not be fully true, but it's certainly how my brain feels right now. Sadly, I'm also struggling with focusing on making posts right now. I sort of feel bad about all of this stuff. Because I know there's stuff I could vent about, but it's hard to find motivation and/or the energy, sometimes. sigh...

[the-eater-of-flesh]

(Up the dosage until I can’t feel anything at all anymore.)

[imthat1boy]

I'm so fucking tired of "Just sleep" or "There's no reason to be stressed" or "Just do it"™

But that ISN'T how things will always work. I can't just sleep, I'm fucking horrified to sleep, I can't just calm down, I can't find my motivation I Don't Have.

I'm not mad at the people who say this, not really, just hurt that it's non stop. That it makes it near impossible to get help.

And then, school isn't done for people who can't even find energy to brush their teeth daily or people who cry anytime something good happens because they can't understand it. No. School is for the privileged mentally and neurologically. I'm making it through with so much effort and my intelligence. That's barely working, it wouldn't seem that way, but I make it through by just a thread.

[desultory-suggestions]

Hi , I just went through your page and well I felt like you would be able to help me (I'm sorry, I'm new at this whole 'ask the internet' thing). I have exams coming up next month mid and I've been doing everything but studying and I don't know - I'm trying different stuff to help focus but I'm just not focusing ? Ok I'm rambling .... Nvm . Why is it so hard for me to just listen - it's like my brain is against me which sounds stupid but yh...I'm not happy with myself, I haven't been for as long as I can remember - idek what I'm asking at this point - feel free to ignore this .

Hello, dear!

I love this Tumblr thing where I get time-sensitive questions in my ask box and cannot see them until that time has passed. I am so sorry I couldn't offer you advice in time for your exams. I truly hope you did well and I am so proud of you no matter what the outcome of your exams was. I have passed exams, and I have abysmally failed exams (including my math exam last week!). They are a part of life, and they will not matter forever.

It sounds like you are struggling with self-worth and possible attention issues. I always encourage and recommend seeing emotional support through therapy to help improve your outlook on yourself and your confidence. If you are struggling with attention and grades (especially if you are a passionate student but still struggle) reaching out to someone for ADHD/LD assessment may be helpful. Depending on your country some Universities will offer an assessment or give you a location where you can seek it. Getting diagnosed with ADHD really helped me understand my struggles and find the right way for me to achieve my goals. It felt like finding out I was a square peg trying to be shoved into a circular hole. Don't be afraid to research, access, and utilize tools and advice for ADHD and attention issues in the meantime. No matter what is causing you to struggle, these tools can often help.

Feel free to reach out to me for attention-specific advice if you need some study suggestions. I am a senior in college and I have gotten through with good grades, while it has been hard it is possible.

Take tender care,

Evan

[jasonsnowwhitebrody]

Me anytime I have a story idea but only get through 3 sentences.

[spitblaze]

[guy who doesnt watch shows voice] yeah ive been meaning to watch that show

[cryptid-crow-wizard]

whaddup yall, i’m back with a story time no one asked for

about a year and a half ago i got diagnosed with adhd (in my final year of college after my whole concentration problems filled educational career)

anyways i got prescribed ritalin for the first time in my life and decided to test this miracle drug at a godforsaken art history class

(i usually love art history, the topic itself isn’t the reason of horrors but the professor giving the lecture is)

this dude talks in the most monotone voice you can imagine, if he were to give a lecture about sharks going to space and investigating a lava covered planet fighting fire mermaids and evolving to survive on said planet after epic battles and mystifying survival stories, he would put even the most shark obsessed angels listening by order of gods to sleep.

and he would ask questions at the end to check if we’ve been listening (it would effect our grades)

so i took the ritalin half an hour before class, and we began waiting. ten minutes before the class me and my buddy went there to pick good seats. five minutes left and the class was surprisingly empty, except for us and two other students. then one of said students notice a notification. the teacher cancelled the lecture (last one before finals).

so now me and my buddy have nothing to do and that’s when ritalin kicks in

i entered a hyper focus mode for 4 hours world building like a mad man. there were charts, maps, characters and tragic backstories, a whole magic system and multiple pantheons. my buddy watched on as i wrote and drew all these. i wrote them in code too

4 hours pass and i realize had to use the bathroom 3 hours ago

we move on with our lives and next week i try ritalin again for another lecture. this time it has zero effect and i just daydream the whole time expanding the previous world building making adjustments.

never could use ritalin for educational purposes

[lilcherry06]

[falling-down-the-scroll-hole]

[that-girl-cupid]

im kinda like a fairy

I die without attention

It's a problem

[palarien]

sketched this out at jury duty actually

[sirennscove]

Yall didn’t actually think I was gonna stop posting them did ya? 😏

[lolitaology]

He said, ‘Behave yourself,’ with that smirk of his, and all I could think was, ‘Make me.’ Preferably over your knee, if we’re being honest.

[zaahvi]

GLORY TO THE RISEN GODS

[cryptid-crow-wizard]

I have a hard time processing change and grief.

Because when something isn’t in front of me it is easy to forget. When someone or something is gone it is hard to remember that they left. I can’t see their absence. How can i see something that’s not there.

My cat is still sleeping in the other room. Even though i last saw him at the vet four years ago. My grandpa is reading a newspaper at his home. Even though other people rent that apartment now. My great aunt is still writing at my grandmother’s apartment. She hadn’t been able to write in months.

I will wake up tomorrow to go to school and see my friends. But i graduated university, i have work tomorrow i won’t be going back the same.

Everything and everyone changes, not just the ones who died, not just the friends I haven’t talked to in years, my grandma is not my same grandma she was when i was growing up. She barely remembers me now.

But when im just sitting its easy to forget how much everything changed. It’s hard to remember what those memories were from years ago

[lilcherry06]