Trouble Concentrating?
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·Yeah, I have been working on my bachelors degree for 8 years. I have a really hard time concentrating.
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Yeh I can only concentrate on a train of thought for say ohhhh 2 seconds and then boom im on another random tangent .
University is preety tough at the mo, because even on basic tasks my temporal lobes are taking aobut 10 minutes to process even the most basic of thought structures and problem solving(which doesnt really help with programming). Ive already lost my train of thought on this post somewhat, and my grammer is going to crap.
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University is preety tough at the mo, because even on basic tasks my temporal lobes are taking aobut 10 minutes to process even the most basic of thought structures and problem solving(which doesnt really help with programming). Ive already lost my train of thought on this post somewhat, and my grammer is going to crap.
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·Yes, I have trouble concentrating. I've had to re-learn how to think with whatever part of my brain is still working.
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This is issue that is destoying my life at present. I can just about type, but I drift off periodically and its only when I find myself staring blankly at the wall and my msn chimes that I realise its happend again.
It occured twice during this posting.
The worst aspect of it is zoning out when people are trying to have conversation with you. I cant understand anything. People mistake it for diffidence too, which depresses me because prior to ending up in this rut I was a very confident person.
It occured twice during this posting.
The worst aspect of it is zoning out when people are trying to have conversation with you. I cant understand anything. People mistake it for diffidence too, which depresses me because prior to ending up in this rut I was a very confident person.
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always have trouble concentrating and focusing, my mind is very confused and the harder i try to concentrate the worse it gets. my attention span is abysmal also, if two people are talking i have trouble keeping track of the conversaqtion, and like now when i am writing this message i have to keep stopping and attempting to think what i've got to write next but nothing comes at all, therefore mental block
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I have problems following conversations etc., but at the same time, I remember things other people find unbelievable. Sometimes I can imagine myself back in front of the desk studying, remembering exactly what i read and even what I was thinking at the time. If you ask me what I was doing today at noon, or even yesterday, I'm completely lost. But if I start from the time I woke up, and resonate myself throughout the day, I can remember almost every little detail. DP has has both advantages and disadvantages with memory/cognition.
I've heard other people with DP/DR talking about this. It's hard to explain, especially with the monstrous brainfog I'm having right now.
I've heard other people with DP/DR talking about this. It's hard to explain, especially with the monstrous brainfog I'm having right now.
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I never had a strong memory. In fact I always felt that my memory is the weaker among others when i was in school. It has always been a struggle for me to remember. Therefore i even developed a kinda avoidance behaviour of things that might require me to remember stuff. A good example would be when playing whatever game, say sports, I never keep the score in my mind cuz i HATE IT. I hate struggling to remember it. Then i have to pretend that i dont care whats the score 
, and i kinda learned to really not care about the score. Anyway. Of course, weak memory and that avoidance behaviour doesnt help you in education. So the same avoidance behaviour is also present when i need to do some intellectual work, like schoolwork, although currenly im not in school. By avoidance behaviour i refer to lack of ability to concentrate and focus on your task, BECAUSE IT POSES A RISK TO GET ANXIOUS, BECAUSE I AM AFRAID TO STRUGGLE OR FAIL. As we know, dp and anxiety is closely tied. So, its hard for us to concentrate, BECAUSE OUR MINDS ARE TRYING TO DEFEND US FROM ANXIETY. Thats my opinion. In addition, i think dp is like a defence state itself. Thats my theory i described to my psichiatrist. Its quite logical in my case, because at first i had an extreme anxiety and OCD, so the mind detached me from reality feeling because it was too depressing , shocking, stressful and so on.
, and i kinda learned to really not care about the score. Anyway. Of course, weak memory and that avoidance behaviour doesnt help you in education. So the same avoidance behaviour is also present when i need to do some intellectual work, like schoolwork, although currenly im not in school. By avoidance behaviour i refer to lack of ability to concentrate and focus on your task, BECAUSE IT POSES A RISK TO GET ANXIOUS, BECAUSE I AM AFRAID TO STRUGGLE OR FAIL. As we know, dp and anxiety is closely tied. So, its hard for us to concentrate, BECAUSE OUR MINDS ARE TRYING TO DEFEND US FROM ANXIETY. Thats my opinion. In addition, i think dp is like a defence state itself. Thats my theory i described to my psichiatrist. Its quite logical in my case, because at first i had an extreme anxiety and OCD, so the mind detached me from reality feeling because it was too depressing , shocking, stressful and so on.1 - 10 of 10 Posts
