Ever get so frustrated...

[* kittie *]

...that you can't do your work??

sigh...It just keeps going on and on. I've always had some form of trouble concentrating...but it just keeps getting worse and worse.
Ever get so frustrated that your work keeps piling up?

I don't know where my mind is. I don't know if cause I'm scared to fail...but like even on several of my papers, I've gotten perfect scores before. Yet it's still hard to get going sometimes. I open Word, type a few sentences, then get so stressed out I end up taking a break then pushing it off. So I kinda doubt it's a "fear of failure". I know I can do so much more...but when I get stressed out this much, it's hard to do anything and be what I'm trying to be.
So much so that I got 3 projects lined up. They're "past due"...but not cause we're allowed to turn it in on Nov 30, just no extra credit (for turning it in on time). Everytime I try to do it, or think about doing it...sigh...
My mind can't concentrate. It feels like there's so much pressure inside my mind. And my heart...sigh...Pressure too.

hmm...What can you do when this frustration keeps you from doing anything?

 

[Mr.Cheese]

This happened to me at the end of a semester once. I wound up getting counseling and discovered I had severe depression.

Maybe you just need to unplug for a couple of hours. Take one day over the break and completely screw off, doing something relaxing that you like to do and don't *have* to do. Sometimes that makes all the difference.

Listening to really hard music while studying helps me as well.

 

[john14v6]

This happens quite a bit sometimes for me...I usually take a day off...(if I can..if not an hour or so)...and pray...it helps calm me down and focus on why I'm doing my work...to glorify God...and be a good steward in my work

 

[* kittie *]

Thanks guys.
hmm...It's been going on for many years now...I think. Now it seems as if it's harder.

 

[California Dreamin']

Last year I went away to university and had a really hard time, when I started getting failing marks in one class it effected all of my other classes because I felt like I couldn't do anything and it was really discouraging so instead of doing better, I started doing worse.

This year I go to community college and live at home and I am failing some things as well but I am trying to work through it.

 

[* kittie *]

hmm...I think talking to school counselor would be too late. I'm always late anyways...
I dunno...I know I can be a perfectionist. But even if I lower my standards in my head; even if I know that in some classes I get really nice grades; no matter what, I feel like it takes all my energy to get anything done. And still...I only can go on for a little while.
I need to apply to transfer before the 30th.
Sowwy for complaining, just not sure what to do anymore.

 

[Biarien]

Perhaps you're just getting burned out... Need a break from schoolwork... I feel like I'm at that point.

 

[LittlePinky82]

Yes. My first term I had a full schedule and on the last week I had a freak out and just broke down and cried I was so stressed out. So now days I try not to take much more than what I can handle even if it takes me forever to graduate and everything. I try to have some kind of schedule and do everything instead of waiting till the last minute. I'm still trying to learn with that one though since I can get lazy and procrastenate. I also try to make time for myself as well throughout the week such as to take a nice long hot bath and pamper myself to reenergize my soul or spend time with God.

 

[Adela]

This happens to me. I'm a procrastinator so when the time comes to get big assignments turned in I get really stressed out. I end up having to do big projects the day or day before their due and sometimes my grade suffers. I'll end up with a low B and then kick myself later because I know if only I'd started working earlier I could've done a lot better. I'm looking foward to the holiday.

 

[* kittie *]

I can't even get going if I start early.

 

[Everglaze]

I'm probably one of the biggest college procrastinators ever. I'm always NEVER motivated to do schoolwork, so the due date is the only motivation for me to even begin anything. That's why I'm a B student. I only do projects and assignments on the due date (I'm taking courses online so as long as I hand it in on the due date before midnight, I'm safe). Um, I'm not sure about the whole "losing concentration" thing, but I think you should take a break, take a walk, listen to music or do something to relax yourself with. Often times, that's also hard when you have these assignments that are due just waiting and no matter what you do, it will not change the fact that those assignments are due! That's the worst feeling. I have this one class that I liked in the beginning, but as soon as I got a failing mark on my first assignment, man did that kill my morale and encouragement. A lot of the times, I have to consider e-mailing the teachers to include certain things in their instructions, because I only followed them, only to get comments about not including things that they were looking for (ex. MLA format essay <-- that was NOT included in the instructions). Hmm, but perhaps the key to continuation is if you find the subject interesting and not tedious. I'm always stuck with boring subjects that I don't want to take, but I have no choice, because well, that's another story.

 

[Adela]

I can't even get going if I start early.

Me either. I think I work better under pressure.

 

[MetalBlade]

Only for a brief time. I get these mini-breakdowns that last for like a half an hour, but then I realize the only way out is to get the work done. Then I work until it's done!

 

[* kittie *]

I usually work better at 3am in the morning. That's if I don't fall asleep. xD

Thanks guys. =3

 

[Alenci]

This is only a suggestion... I don't know if it helps, but when I am so stressed I can't start a project, I break it down into components.

For example...
If I have a report, I brainstorm for topics. Then I do a little research. Then I select one. Then I consider the topic. Then I come up with a very rough outline (a few lines of general topics I might cover). Then I develop the outline. I do more research and start filling it out.

I'm in engineering now, so I don't write reports. But this pattern holds for all my projects. If I'm so stressed I can't start it, it's usually because deep down I'm overwhelmed by it. I have to break the project up and take it just one step at a time.

 

[Boss_BlueAngels]

Yeah, I procrastinate really bad too. Especially this quarter having stupid profs. The take home essay portion of one of my midterms I did about an hour before class. I knew it was going to be terrible, but somehow managed to pull off an A!

Also, my idiot sociology prof had our MIDterm last week... TWO WEEKS before FINALS. AND he was even joking about how nothing that was on the syllabus was even covered?! Way to go loser