The ADHD Student Survival Guide 👨🎓 - What I Learned
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00:00 Intro
00:41 Don’t do it alone
01:58 The right environment
04:14 Organisation tools
06:45 Learning method
10:52 Day to day
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But recording a lecture and listening to it....and re-listening (several times) because I drifted off daydreaming... again...just means I have to put in 3-4 times the work ...just to be at the same level as a person who can focus in class. The reality of that is kinda depressing.
Honestly, I'm not surprised that some people just want a drug to help focus
It's easier, but it's not like the drug itself makes the miracle. You need to put effort, its just a "shortcut".
It really sucks that the world it's not too meant to ADHD brains.
U don't necessarily need to research again and again. What you can do is to see the recorder,see the time that you realised you daydreamed, and then put in the sheet. So later, you just need to see this particular moment
Livescribe pens. Medication helps, still need the pen. Then I can just make a star when I drift off and return to that moment later without relistening to the whole lecture (and usually zone out at that moment again anyway.)
I tried the normal way without drugs and it just isnt working for me. Im going to have to get them. All be it granted yes you to have to put in the work. Once you do all those, im sure everything else will fall into place
This!! Exactly!!! Omg I’m struggling so bad
I listen to “ambient noise” videos, like rainstorms. They act as white noise while blocking out other sounds and they aren’t distracting like music is for me.
Try Binaural Beats.
Can you recommend a few?
@@annachan8151 the channel The Guild of Ambience has a ton of different ambient noise videos, try a few out that u think you’ll like and see if it helps. It’s not for everyone but it helps me sometimes
I really like too. I like specially Whales sing. It settles me in a state of "white board" like I'm an empty space read to be filled w knowledge
I sleep like a baby to white noise. Its a true life saver! Mind Amend has good stuff on Spotify in this regard
Thank you for these tips. Another one I’ve learned (after struggling through the university system with procrastination and turning in all assignments at 11:59pm of the deadline for 5 years) is the 5 minute rule. Just commit to spending 5 minutes on an assignment to get started, that way you feel accomplished and you might get in the zone to get more done. Also, you don’t shame spiral for not being able to study for an hour because you hit your goal of 5 minutes. I use this at work too when I’m struggling to initiate a task. Great video!!
Oh, great tip! "Just five minutes" and boom you trick your tricky brain I likit
@@kamikkaze5164 yes! And the trick within the trick is if you can keep doing it repetitively you can build up to like 15,20,25 minutes at a time
@@tjuhneen Yessss. I do this to almost every house chore. hihi. And to comb I try to play a game "Okay, so you have 5 minutes to do this, if you dont, you will lose (lose what? idk, sometimes i just say that). And then boommm. A triple trick for your tricky brain.
yes agreed, I work better if I give myself smaller chunks of work to do and move on, even trying to think of taking on an entire project from start to finish in one setting is always way too overwhelming. It feels good to applaud yourself for finishing just one small goal a day, one small goal a day will eventually get you to the bigger goal in the long run.
I do this but with the gym. I just have to go to the gym and once I get there I can go home as soon as I walk through the door. But once I'm there I work out anyway.
I can't do 10 minutes of study. Once I get started, I tend to be in the 'zone' for about two hours. If I get out of the zone, I find it harder to get back to it. That's on a good day though. If I take too long of a break, I'll feel too overwhelmed to get back to study. I also tend to do better with just one task, switching between tasks gets too overwhelming, I find it really hard to start a new task once I've completed the previous one, which rarely happens straight away anyways, it normally takes me days just to complete one task! I haven't been diagnosed yet, however I'm planning on applying for an assessment. I think that's why I struggled with A levels, as I did 3 subjects. The exams for each of them were also close together.
I’m in the same boat, especially a levels
Some of my lectures are 2-3 hours long and synchronous and they’re killing me already
Those are the worst, any chance you could switch classes? I know something like that would likely be a deal-breaker for me because I know for sure that I would not do well in that kind of environment.
@@brobuscus4882 i can’t, they’re all required courses :/ I’ll just have to push through it unfortunately, but I appreciate it
If you are diagnosed with ADHD you can ask for accommodations, by law. Even if just being allowed to leave the room for 5 minutes for a drink of water. Assuming you are in the US...
@@penelopefp they take a break in the middle, it’s not super effective for me but I can’t afford to miss any of it. I think Thursdays are gonna be my “no other work gets done” days. I do get accommodations for exams and tests which is good, the extra half hour or so goes a very long way
Get. A. Livescribe. Pen. Your university may even lend you one for free.
Good timing, after 7 months of being diagnosed with ADHD at 29 years old.
I have decided to go into studying and progressing my education
Just want to say that im proud of you for doing so. If I didn't get diagnosed last year I likely would have taken a third gap year and probably would have never gone back to school. Now I'm working towards getting the prerequisites done for a Pharmacy degree and am happier than I have been in a long time.
@@brobuscus4882 thank you!
I haven’t studied since leaving high school 13 years ago. And I’m going to try balance it with my full time job. But I have the support needed to get it done. I’m pretty confident
@@dosig That's great to hear! My mom is doing something similar, to get into a management position at her work she has to become a Licensed Practical Nurse and so she is currently studying to challenge the finals that kept her from graduating over 20 years ago.
Same. I'm also 29 and recently diagnosed with ADHD (taking elvanse) and dyslexia whilst at uni - something that went undiagnosed all through primary and high school. I felt very damaged by the school system and after 10 years of travel, I decided to find redemption and return to study. I'm studying Outdoor leadership and management for a number of reasons mainly because it suits my passions and a big part was to be able to give back to younger versions of myself - to let them know that you are ok and you just learn and get engaged in learning differently. I've struggled immensely with the written work but I'm managing to get a lot of help through the uni, I've been able to get a laptop, printer, and software and extra time on assessments. I also a personal tutor who helps me break down the work and talk through in more detail what needs to be done. This is done through the UNI and DSA (if you are in the UK) you can get a mentor also that helps you furthers structure yourself with studying and structuring your day to day. I think a good tip is to really think about why you are doing it in the first place and remind yourself when it gets tough why you are there so that you don't lose track and think wtf am I here for and putting myself through this. I think overall don't be afraid to ask for help no matter how big or small - that's what the uni is there for. And if needs look outside of the uni to get the help you need so that things can be fast-tracked, you can also say to the uni hey this is what iv done outside of the unis help so that it can be fast-tracked and they can help with the funding with that also. Just remember it is ok that get distracted easily and you have started this because it's what you love and not to punish yourself.
You may feel like you are just jumping through a lot hoops whilst trying to get help - keep persevering
Funnily enough... This was posted as I'm working on school stuff 😂
me too! working on school stuff but getting distracted! 🤣
I learned.. to seek help. Already 3 + years in college abusing caffeine, hardly able to focus etc. I finally took the steps to get help. Now I'm finally seeing results :)
Jesus, you just described my exact situation; I've tried to cope with undiagnosed ADHD for years and I regret that decision so much; now I'm in my 3rd year of college trying to get into medical school and my grades have suffered horribly, changing all my plans directly because of it. Hopefully ill be diagnosed soon but thank you for this personal info, really helped me relate.
@@RuskiVodkaaaa Not only just you but me also, i have fallen so far behind and even quit now. But now that i realize i have ADHD im going to see about getting Adderall and seeing if i cant turn this around. I should have been out of college years ago -_____-
@@RuskiVodkaaaa I’m struggling so much too. I just now called someone for help but right now I feel really depressed my grades are so bad and I don’t know how to study. I feel stupid and I get so angry with myself because nothing seems to help. I’m taking chemistry and calculus and everyone seems to be getting through and o can’t get it like everyone else and I just wish I had a different brain
@@Angiebee. Exactly my situation, it's so bad that I'm questioning why am I even in uni. worst thing ever.
@@RuskiVodkaaaa are you diagnosed yet
I wish I had this when I was failing in college! I was in the "six year plan" to graduate from Harvard. 🤪 And then I failed for 10 years afterwards. 😔
You're not alone man. Remember that. Im over still trying to pass community college and i started in 2010. its 2021 now. I should have been out of school ages ago -___-
I was going to be in community college for 2 years it's been 4 I've taken the same class 3 semesters in a row 🤠🤠 I cry a lot
You are not alone, I was in university for a couple of years. Then got anxious and had to return to community college. That was 6 years ago and now returning to university.
@@dingodyno9016 dont have to rush school, that's like the best time to explore other interests and build skills. I been in your position, the best advice I can give, focus on yourself.
It's important that you kept trying though! It means tons for people like me to go online and see perseverance alone. I hope you found what makes you feel fulfilled in life.
I’m a quiet environment, being alone learner. Lectures/Conferences lose me after about 30-45 min. Visual learning is key also... Thanks for all the great work you do to help us get through ADD life.
In high-school (secondary school in Ireland) I was 'naturally' smart enough to be encouraged to switch to higher level Math classes. However, because it required such concentration in class (the teacher moved fast through the lessons) I was lost from the first day...and could not even do the homework because it was based on what we were meant to learn in class that day...it also required a couple of hours homework per evening for just that subject alone....so needless to say I was told I was lazy and demoted back to normal math classes.
The lack of attention coupled with procrastination meant I was always told I can do better but I need to apply myself....I actually felt lazy and guilty my whole life in school & college....at least I discovered ADHD discussions on CZcams a couple of years ago and realized that these guys were describing me! I know there are coping 'strategies', but honestly I just want to try the drugs to see what it feels like to be able to focus on the information at hand....I've been 'coping' my whole life, but these little strategies don't change the fact that paying attention while Listening to, or reading, material is almost an impossible task for me
howd it go
Similar here i moved myself down from gt to honors due to issues focusing and how fast it went snd the mental energy needed for the class
Today's situation with distance education on university can be hard. You don't meet your tearchers and other students, you have to balance your university life and private life, and you have all these tasks to do on your own! There aren't many places where you can study outside your home, for now, because schools and libraries closed, so it's hard to find a location where you can study... Most cafés are noisy. That's my experience. It can be a precarious situation for many students with ADHD.
The "shovel" software is absolutely amazing for ADHD students!! It helps you learn how long tasks take. And realistically see how much time you have to do them. It also prioritizes things by urgency for you. It's changed my student life!
App?
What is this "shovel software"????
@@kewlade719shovel app
@@candicegrass9691I believe the app is Shovel study planner
Are you planning on making a podcast about adhd? I'd love it, I find your voice really soothing
I wish I’d found this before dropping out 2 months into my first term and being stuck in an accommodation contract I can’t afford without student finance... it issss what it isss
31 y/o and started school. It's made me realize that I haven't really out grown my adhd :D This video has great tips! Many thanks!
My very simple method to doing acc work
Be conscious of ur phone with a very passive agreesive wallpaper. Turn it off walk to the other side of the house stuck it in a drawer and lock it and put the key in a third spot
Then setan timer for 15-20 mins and just do 15 mins.
Then 100 jumping Jacks while the kettle is boiling for some tea/coffee
Repeat for 3 times
Yes I have done this ina Starbucks I went outside it worked for me:)
I got diagnosed yesterday and I'm struggling through exams and overdue deadlines...
You're not alone. I am also
@@dingodyno9016 I survived last semester somehow. Have to get started on my thesis but have been procrastinating on it so far!
you got this 👍
@@annachan8151 Im pretty much done with my general EDs its just Math and my Computer classes that are killing me because i dont take information in as well as others and thus need more time to do thing. I hate this
This is really good, thanks man.
Im a med student and struggling with ADHD. It pisses me off when people can concentrate on lessons while I can’t. And when I concentrate, I don’t recall important things
Been in engineering school for ~3 years. Just got diagnosed with inattentive adhd. Found out that’s why virtual classes are kicking my ass. Began treatment 6 weeks before the end of this semester. Things are really looking up, I know my next semester is actually going to be as good as I want it to be
How did u manage to study? I'm really struggling and failed all my classes just because I'm not studying the way I should. I'm currently in my first year
Are ya’ll also slowly disappearing into nothingness while trying to be a student with adhd during covid?? Is anyone actually.... doing well?? Or doing anything??
Over on r/adhd some folks relish the work from home because they can listen to lectures in double time in a quiet space, and so they miss less.
I'm still finishing one of my two classes from last semester, then I'm taking this year off from school. It's not worth my sanity or the loss of hands on STEM education that I am getting. (Non-STEM majors also seem to be faring better in general with homeschooling.)
exactly how I feel... I'm at the point where I feel like a ghost of a person and I'm stuck unable to do the resits... The term is still going for me while everyone else has left the campus....
While also working full time… definitely
Thank you so much.
Actually, a special additional thank you for the "take breaks" line at the beginning. It's a simple thing but Wow, I realised it took out the general guilt I feel when I take an hour to go through a 15mn video with seventy rewinds.
This is my last semester of undergrad and the first one I start with knowledge and medication for ADHD and the accompanying depression, so this video really comes at the perfect time.
The simple understanding of adapting to my functioning rather than trying to change it is a life-changing step. And with that come tricks as small as setting a timer when watching youtube (or getting a transparent water bottle because I don't think about drinking if I don't see the water) that seem like nothing, but all these little things together bring sensible improvment.
I can finally get adjustments at uni, including a student tutor, but I find it rather unusual that I wouldn't need much help from them in understanding the classes: I need them as a body double to help getting started with work - but I guess it's not odd when it's ADHD 😄.
I really hope I won't fall behind this time, when all the previous times I did I had the exact same will and motivation to do well (a good proof - to teachers, family and mainly myself - that it's not the problem).
Wishing U the best 💚🌻🐣 I know U can, I believe In U :3
Great tips. I made it through college without being diagnosed and followed lot of the tips you mentioned I did. I also recorded my lectures on my laptop/recorder and my most productive study sessions were at a coffee shop or in the basement of our computer science department.
My uni has basically stopped most ADHD support since COVID..,. Such a year
That's fucking horrible, someone should open up a lawsuit against that
I know you probably don’t want to but you can sue or at least reach out to advocacy groups.
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Your content has always helped me.
This is incredibly helpful. It also feels really good to see someone describe the same experiences as me.
That came right on time mate!
Solid advice there thank you so much!
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I only survived uni because I have a very good memory. If I read something once with a lot of focus, then I discussed it with myself, I knew it. I mostly studied at night as during the day it's a lot harder to focus.
This is awesome! And great timing with the beginning of spring semesters.
I wish i would have known i had ADHD much sooner, now it makes sense why i struggle to keep up. I may need meds to get me through school sadly. Great video man
Thank you so much for this video. I have been in a slump procrastinating starting the semester and tips like these should help me get out of the rut.
I liked how you cared if your tips are being acessible for most people, thank you for these tips!
This helped me so much. Thank you. God bless you!
I’m really bad for procrastinating but thank you I’m going to try the study program you said and I’ve already got a calendar and whiteboard😁. Btw guys I find it can be easier getting assignments done by going back over the brief and making some notes as it’s not to much work but it helps ease me into getting started
Thank you so much. I need to check out more of your videos.
I have fallen into an ADHD vortex on YT. It would explain so much about my life. I was good in school, but as school changed to more self reliant my grades started to drop, I have fallen out of university once! I have already use some coping mechanisms you mention here. My wall is full of notes, so they're always in sight. I get frustrated by clutter and then overwhelmed and then get nothing done. I can barely start assignments, waiting until it comes a problem I can no longer avoid to do. I should graduate this spring but I am really really worried. I know it might be just lack of motivation and a backbone but some things just fit like a key to a lock. I even got a smartwatch with an analogue face so I would understand time better. 20:15 means nothing like that but seeing the watch quarter over eight means more. I'm always late. I have trouble giving feedback to other people, because I keep forgetting where I was going.
Just flunked another important exam. Was finding a method/pattern to add fuel to my courage of not giving up. 21,haven't started uni, been struggling with hope.
I feel your pain. I've struggled with daydreaming and procrastination my whole life....it's brutal.
lofi music w/o ads and productivity timers help a lot.
Great info man !! Keep the good stuff flowing !
Hey man not sure you'll ever see this but I wanna say thanks for the videos anyways. You've really helped me a lot throughout this year helping me understand myself more. It's really hard catching myself before I become irrational over rejection and criticism something so silly and every video I watch of yours makes me feel for sane. Thanks
Such great advice! Im excited about trying them already
These tips are so good and so true for me too.
I’m not officially diagnosed but it sure feels like I have ADHD.
I struggle in class too and to get started etc.
I will definitely take these tips to heart.
I’m sitting listening to this just over 8 hours before a new school year. I have undiagnosed adhd (trying to get help for it) but with DID too it’s so hard to focus on anything except other alters + hyperfications. This helped a lot, thanks!
Thank you so much for these tips. I am not diagnosed with ADHD but I find that I get easily distracted and sometimes struggle to focus on my school tasks. These we're great tips/advice and I will be implementing these things for sure next semester!
Perfect timing! Thank God and thank you for this video 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great video
The support is so important.
your videos are life savers 🤝
thank you, you really helped me with this thank you i always forget things i loved how you present this its very simple and understandable and also by the way by the whole process of listening i was sometimes distracted and im sorry about that
Not me getting distracted reading comments rather than listening to the video..
Thanks, that was some great advice.
These tips were great!
Thank you very much. It was very helpful.
This is only ADHD survival College video that has ever helped. I took notes.
Very helpful video. Could you make one where you elaborate on the organisation tip? Maybe a video that shows how exactly you use each tool?
Finally!
just what I needed
Thank you very much
thank you for this!
Im in the middle of a psychology masters having been diagnosed at 31. Great video. Very helpful. I work from home. Luckily im not a gamer, so I dont have that distraction. I use Roam as my organisational tool. And Notion, but Notion is slightly too complicated, whereas Roam is simple and incredibly useful when it comes to note taking. It creates mind maps automatically and you can easily find notes taken from lectures and draw on them in seconds. ROAM may be the best note taking app for those suffereing with ADHD
Excellent content!
Im in a test period, thank you very much for the motivation, thanks to you Im back to study !! :>
Very useful thanks!
Grat video and great advice! Thank you so much!
👌
Many Thanks for sharing!
you're back!
I'm finally going to College at the age of 37 and am anxious to say the least, however I'm finding great advice on here from fellow ADHD'rs on attending school. Thank you for the very helpful advice!
pomodoro is a L.I.F.E.S.A.V.E.R for us, adhders
1. dont do it alone (accountability partner). dont procrastinate
2. right environment setup. dedicated study space. noise cancelling headphone
3. organizational tools: physical calendar, google calendar. schedule in advance, color coded files.
4. office storage
5. print lecture slides(annotate), make flashcard, have dictaphone, be present in lecture
6. immerse yourself. sit in centre
7. be friend with serious friends
8. track yourself daily.
9. take breaks regularly. dont burn out.
10. give things a home. create habit. maintain simplicity. dont eat junk food
11. minimalism
12. party/enjoy in moderation.
13. money management, sleep
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I will do my second attempt in September going for a master.. I finished the bachelor but at the cost of my health. So hopefully I will get out of the masters fine and healthy! This video will help, thanks :)
I just started college again after already doing college for 2 years and having a gap year and I am struggling to get back into the groove. But one thing that has really helped me is onenote on my ipad. I love the way I can quickly go between notebooks and sections and pages to add information quickly without worrying about finding it again. And also being able to organise everything into very specific sections has been helpful too
Great stuff here! I have developed my own planner, had it spiral bound, and because it is custom made by me for me, I love it and use it more faithfully!
Also, frixion multi-pens with 4 colors in one pen. It was an investment at $13-14 but SOOO worth it for me!
This right here... is Godsend
I started using headphones in class. It's so nice to hear the lecture with Lo Fi playing in the background
Thank you so much
You should make a video on all the different meds and a comparison on their traits
Great advice.
This is all on-point for me.
i was doing well during the "online lectures (that were background when i do some dorm chores)/offline practical classes twice a week"
some things that may work and worked during my high school days (used to be a-student):
- treat homework with "get things done attitude"
- socializing
- physical exercises (for instance, go by foot instead of public transportation)
well, the problem is that i returned home
and some time later everything started crashing, even the exams were treated like casual classes (they're obviously not)
finally, since the beginning of this term, there's a feeling in my head that i've already dropped out and classes just became extra useless burden
Thank you so much
Thank you for this. I have a MAJOR exam tomorrow and I just got news that I wouldn’t have my usual test taking accommodations that I’ve had since 3rd grade. I’M FREAKING OUT, but this helped a lot. I can only really hope for a three on this.
Good luck 🤞
Adhder from Germany studying law. Thank you for all the Tipps im gonna try them. Exam tomorrow wish me luck ✌
As a very mature students (58 years) doing a Fine Art Printmaking Degree at Brighton uni, (England), this almost made me weep. I am on a waiting list for diagnosis. I spent the first few weeks last year running around, making phone calls, trying to get pre-emptive support. However it is really thin on the ground. Library; a quiet space but closed during the pandemic. So many distractions at home.
Menopause and possibly complex PTSD seem to have amplified my propensity for distraction. Without a diagnosis I feel I am mostly regarded by tutors as a neurotic 'woman of a certain age'.
I try to get organized but am thrown off any routine very easily. It's a nightmare at times. Stress levels through the roof. Lockdowns and limited access to studios and workshops have taken away any basic sense of structure.
As an long time non-professional artist, working now with found materials when I can, my space is necessarily cluttered, although I do have a side to me which can be obsessively clean and organized, I need an outsider to help me make sense of space, notebooks and time management.
I am coming to the end of a mentoring program with a slightly older lady but due to Covid-19 it has not been possible for her to visit my home and help me brainstorm as to making my fairly small home into a workable studio/relaxation space. She has been more of a counsellor, where this service is lacking or at least, difficult access.
Other students, younger than me have also said that contrary to Brighton's inclusive 'blurb', they also wasted a lot of time being pushed from pillar to post, to no avail. I am still muddling through somehow because I love making art and there are some lovely people on the course. Also, never having done an art degree has become a major source of regret for me.... it's been a life of relationship distractions (thankfully two amazing kids fifteen years apart), menial work and ultimately dead end voluntary work (increasingly menial the older I have become).
This is the only one of Stuart's videos that has left me feeling deeply frustrated rather than comforted... More the fault of the university than the lovely Stu!
I will give the Pomodoro Technique a try though and I'm sure that lots of people will benefit from the video!
However, I am very close to my wit's end! Living on the edge of breakdown moreso than ever 😥😥!
My parents are split up and the parent I lived with I think also had adhd therefore we were both distracted in our world. I found out when I hit adulthood how much this world was messed up. I kept job hopping and not having a job. I also realised how the school system was setup by the rockefellars. I was unaware of alot of things this means I was at a disadvantage with adhd in school, parents and teachers couldn't support, couldn't study while also at home. This means I became and adult and thought what is going on in this world. If u don't work u don't eat its a really struggle because I now know if only I knew I could just be earning a living that's normal.
I started college in 2014, doing okay solo cramming in libraries, but during lock down I found that I thrive at home with discord/zoom study groups, working on my drawing pen + tablet on Adobe, Office, ChemDraw, AutoCAD, etc.
I have been diagnosed with ADD since I was a kid. I was on adderall when I was in 6th grade and I was doing good on it with my school work but I couldn’t sleep at night so my mom took me off it. My whole school career I was in special Ed classes. I tried to goto college about 3yrs ago I completed 2 semesters barley. My second semester I dropped classes and failed one class. I just could not handle it. Now I’m thinking about trying again but I’m not confident In myself enough. I just got proscribed a medicine today and I hope it works. My ADD hinders me a lot in every aspect of my life. I’m tired of it.
Dude, you resumed +15years of suffering in 15min. How crazy is this? Thanks i hope that i found you before, but still looking forward to see more tips frorm you and get more perspective of your percepcion
Thank you
The right environment really makes a huge difference. I'm one of the few around me who prefers the lockdown life.
Don't get me wrong, it would have been a disaster had I to stay in my student dorm alone but I've been very lucky. I can study in a calm home with:
1) no functioning energy spent on getting ready to go out and public transportation in a noisy city.
2) external structure from family.
> especially with sleeping and eating at regular times even when my brain fuel has been spent on a morning lecture and I would usually be too tired to cook (the simple execution energy it requires to stop what I'm doing and start something else, agh!).
3) an empty office room no one used that is separated from the bedroom.
> I don't have to sit still on my chair for the remaining of the class and exhaust myself with restraint when I can't listen, and instead can just leave the online lecture and read it on my own when my brain has more energy.
4) Online classes have: No distraction from other students + more visual lecture slides + our teachers write on a tablet they display during the online class and send us the saved document from it afterwards, so I can simply [[ listen ]] while I keep my hands busy with a doodle or smt.
It's all a real game-changer for me.
#1 I struggle with and keep telling myself to do in my life.
Wow this video have no dislike, thats impress me. Btw thanks for great video
I can't listen to things with words and struggle with hyper focus and time blindness. Some of the most effective things I have done is going to a coffee shop for a change of scenery as time is slower with people around and when at home (I'm a distance learner) I have started listening to acoustic covers of music which is 1-2 hours long so I know when it's finished that time has passed and it's time for a break.
Add chores to the list of home distractions. I’m going to try silicone headphones under my noise cancelling headphones- thank you.
Silence yes, organization this is what I did when studying, three piles at a table to left to do, top middle come back to, right pile finished, in the middle currently working on.
Took breaks when my brain told me it'd had enough then came back to it.
Thank you for the tips. I'm what everybody calls an "Older" student. I was recently diagnosed with severe ADHA. I've been going to college for the last 30 yrs on and off. Some subjects I do 110% with very little studying. Others, not so well. I love math, but have have taken 5 college algebra classes and failed. I really enjoy doing the homework , but when I get to the test, all I see is an alien language. Now that I'm on the meds, I'm afraid to try again, or fail again.
When I got diagnosed with inattentive ADHD and started getting treatment, one of the biggest things that helped me, odd as it may be, was the difference between creating a to-do list on your computer and devoting that list to a physical planner. From my perspective, it simply felt more fulfilling to write down the individual tasks for the day that I had to complete, keeping this planner on hand, and crossing them out. This to me feels much more like I DID the task, rather than going to a checklist on a computer and checking the box. Hope this helps!
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It can be hard to reach out to someone for advice or help when you can't think of a way getting help from others will actually help. Especially when you've had negative reinforcements on experiences doing that (Whether you were the one who stepped out first or someone "voluntold" you to do it). For me, it can spark my anxiety and for the rest of the day, I'm trying to avoid any and all social situations period regardless of how important it might be because my mental and emotional state is completely out of wack.
Great, food prep ftw
I set up whole workspace to organize my life with Notion. Pretty helpful, kind of like a second brain
I remember at some point I did most of my studying at the uni library. Therefore I didnt have to worry about my studies when I got home, which was a nice separation of activities. I don't have AD(H)D (though sometimes I wonder), but perhaps some who do will find this useful.
A good tip for uni students is: To sit in any random class (preferably not related to yours) that's going on, that has a nice 'study' vibe. By this I mean that even in university not all subject/course classes are the same, some are really serious classes and you want to sit in the corner f such a class. The environment where everyone is serious and no one is on the phone is a great motivator. Make a fun game, usually most classes in university are atleast 1 to 1.5 hours long, try to use the class as a timer instead of staring at the clock in the library or your room. I find classes to be the perfect place to work on essays and other very 'boring' assignments because I can't physically get up and leave the class, I cannot snack on something, be on the phone or plug earphones in my laptop and binge my favourite show, as I will stand out like a sore thumb and likely place myself in the teacher's attention. If you are out of uni, then try going to public libraries, unfortunately with the internet and various devices people don't really go to libraries anymore (you'll see maybe some older people say of say boomers or gen x), I go on purpose without my earphones and put a timeout on my phone's 'addictive' apps. Lastly remember to reward yourself and not try to ride the productivity train, usually going out in nature can be a good reward to do immediately after an intense study/work session alongwith snacking and watching your favourite show afterwards. The going out in nature is key though as (atleast with me) it gives me a sense of break from monotony to just be with my thoughts and enjoy nature (as much as possible) till all the racing thoughts have susided and I'm in a tired relaxed mood.
I wish this was around when I was in college. I was destroyed mentally and was in a bad place for a while while in college.
I could not keep up with mandatory readings in uni, I bought the books but could not get myself to sit down and actually read the damn books.
I would manage to read my books by reading my copy whenever I could while listening to an audiobook copy at the same time.
I would only work at the campus library using silicon earplugs, and would cram in as much work as possible during the early hours of the morning or in the evening. Barely did any work on the weekends, I would use them to unwind.
I would take my notes on paper during lessons before typing them out and uploading them on google drive, so that I would have read them at least twice.
Exercising and doing a lot of cardio helped me with brain fog.
I like using "old" music - music I'm familiar with- so that I can focus on the thing I'm studying. New music will grab my attention and I'll be focusing on what comes next instead of the task at hand.
For me it's usually looping whatever song is my current Hyperobssessive song while studying helps. The added benefit is when I listen to it again it's as if it "unlocks" those memories.
20 years later "Mobscene" by Marilyn Manson makes all the info I studied for my amateur radio license flood back into my mind