Posted by Angela2 on May 11, 2004, at 19:44:01
In reply to Re: I need Help!!!!!!!!!!, posted by finelinebob on May 10, 2004, at 21:33:44
Hi Finelinebob,
I’ve thought that I had ADD before, and have brought it up with my parents because my brother has it. But they say I don’t. I haven’t exactly talked to my T about it, but I would like to. I have an appointment with her tomorrow. Maybe that’s a good time to bring it up.
Why don’t I do my work? What do I think about? Well, for my english class, everytime I would start to read, my mind would begin to ask “what for?” And it became obvious that I didn’t care about the material. I would actually also feel depressed at times. I would feel lonely. (my t has said I’m dystymic). But it was like my mind was sabatoging the work for me. I just wouldn’t want to do the work. The only way I’d feel better was if I’d stop and watch TV. I have had trouble paying attention and concentrating for long periods of time too. So I would read a little bit each day, but that didn’t work out for me because I never finished my book and my assignments were not completed with the thoughtful detail that my teacher wanted. I think getting good grades isn’t enough to push me on because I don’t really like college and I wish I was doing something else with my life. Or I wish I was a famous actress leading an exciting life of runways and movie premiers (my personal fantasy, lol). So not only do I dislike my work, but I dislike why I’m doing it and what I’m doing it for.
With psychology homework it hasn’t been so bad because its my major. I find the work easy at times, and interesting. I don’t mind studying for it, and my grades have been pretty good for social psych. Research methods hasn’t been so good, but that’s only because the work is hard and difficult to understand. And I didn’t mind studying for it.
I’ve looked up ‘study habits’ in a search engine and have come up with some good stuff. One link was about motivation and I learned that if you are intrinsically motivated you will put in more effort and learn more deeply. Intrinsic motivation also includes your values and interests. I think I’m going to keep these study links near. There are some very good study strategies and suggestions in them. I think they will be very helpful to me for the fall.
I was really upset about this yesterday. Thank you for putting in the time, thought, and effort to respond to my post. I really appreciated it. Have a good night!
Angela
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