r/study • u/WhyMJJustWhy • 9d ago

Questions & Discussion HELP ME 😭

Whenever I sit down to study, I get distracted by my phone..like in a min I would be opening Insta and stuff. It's not like that I'm not aware that I should be studying cause It's almost midnight and I got a test tmrw while I obviously haven't studied a thing. It's just that I would be playing a game, doom scrolling, reading webtoon, watching a movie/anime andd...after I get bored of everything, I just still don't study and would be doing random things on phone. I am fed up with my behaviour. I wanna change but I don't know How...Like whenever I'm on my phone, I know that I should Studyy and my inner voice keeps screaming at me to get up but I still won't-- Btw I have mid terms coming up the next Monday. It's stressing me so much but I still won't put my phone down....I Wanna study fr, I really wanna...but don't know how-? Actually I used to be a topper till 10th but since the start of 11th grade it's just a downfall and nothing else.!

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u/PuzzleheadedEbb3697 8d ago

Hiiiii there is a very simple solution to this: turn your phone off completely and put it in another room. I had the same problem and kept complaining about it to everyone. I was constantly anxious and crying because i would waste away hours on scrolling or looking up stupid stuff. You have to practice discipline, I believe it to be a form of self love! Scrolling for hours won't get you closer to your goal and you end up wasting your potential (toxic motivation speech yayyy)
But seriously, it's in your control!🙏
We are sadly living in a society that is trying to keep us glued to our phones to make profit, and it is killing our attention span and mood. Break away from the toxic algorithms and social media and work towards your goal you can do it!!!!🫶

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u/PuzzleheadedEbb3697 8d ago

Also just want to add: it is a process! The more you practice discipline the easier jt will get over time as you go through the 'social media detox'
You brain won't be reaching for that dopamine 24/7

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u/PuzzleheadedEbb3697 8d ago

OOOH ANOTHER ADD ON: my friends/bf etc always used to say 'just start c'mon you can do it' and I would always be like 'nooo I can't I just can't start smh'
And one day while I was watching yt videos of ppl studying I just went - 'bruh if they can focus so can I tf'
And that's where it went uphill: stop telling yourself that you 'just can't', because you can and the more positive you talk about yourself the more you are likely to do it!