Stressed and unmotivated.

[kira2018]

I’m currently in grade 11, I’m about four weeks into the term and I am just starting to get three assignments and a whole lot of content that I need to study for exam blocks at the end of the term (UGH). I am super stressed out to the point that I just have zero motivation to even bother opening my books or try to study anything.. (even at school during the day, in lessons I just can not be bothered trying to do any work! I don’t know if it’s because my mind is telling me that I’m not smart enough or ?? I don’t know.) I know that I should and I know that putting it off just makes everything worse and will make me more stressed but it’s all making me so overwhelmed and I just cannot force myself to even try and study or do my assignments. I feel stupid because of the fact that I’m just doing this to myself and I’m just being lazy because I’m choosing not to do it but I just can’t be bothered to even try. So I used to study everyday after school and get as much done as I could and then leave some things till the weekend but now I’m leaving EVERYTHING to the weekend, and the main reason that has actually made me come online and write this is that I have plans on the weekend so I won’t have much time at all to do any of this work that I’m putting off ! Which is making me more stressed thinking about what will happen if I don’t get it done etc etc! 😩 (now I really want to delete all of this because it’s so stupid and I’m just doing this to myself but I’m really not coping with school atm.)

[okadoka]

Hi Kira,

This sounds so much like me. I'm a uni students and I have been taking extensions for assignments under special consideration due to my depression and related symptoms. I know procrastination can over load us just before the submission date.

I think we need to find the reasons behind procrastination - Tiredness, social media, depression, anxiety and multiple other reasons. Sometimes it is do difficult to just sit and start the work, but I have found that it's all about starting the work, once we dive in it is much easier than we would have actually thought. So, give it a go, tell yourself I'll just do the first few sections/ questions/ paragraphs/ Pages and then I'll take break. After break, tell yourself again that I'll do next few sections/ questions/ Paragraphs/ pages and will take break again.

[kira2018]

Thank you so much! I will definitely try and start and see how I go!

[startingnew]

Hi Kira and welcome

i was going to suggest the same thing.. try to break up your study sessions and even have small rewards for yourself to help you keep motivated. theres a thread here called -Eep when studying is overwhelming- study tips, and tricks- that might help you out with some advice as well.