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Secret Agent Man
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opinions of you guys on this? Okay, well I have been really easily distracted lately, and I can't understand it. I don't think I have ADD or ADHD or anything like that, because I think I would have been diagnosed as a child, but I really can't focus on anything. I am an IB student and this lack of focus is really slowing me down. I can't focus in class cause my mind starts to wander, I can't focus at home alone; not with sound, not without sound, with tv, or without tv. I can't work with groups anymore either without getting distracted. I can't talk to my friends or family without completely leaving the conversation inside my head, I can't read anything online without getting distracted by every other little thing, and it's all starting to really make me think I may have a problem. I want to say it's normal because it sounds like normal teenage stuff, but I actually don't think so anymore. Another thing that leads me to believe that I might need to see a doctor is lately I have been having trouble processing what is going on when I go overboard and force my mind to stay in one zone.
For example, there was a meeting that was really important that I had to force myself to sit through without become to anxious for it to be over, and without letting my mind wander, I had to focus. So I did, and I sat there, but then when it was over, I realized that I had virtually blanked out. And all I remembered were seeing people moving around while the meeting was taking place, but I didn't quite process anything that was said and I definitely didn't understand what the meeting was even about.
Now, to give even more information I have been able to force myself focus on doing homework, but whenever I do it is only for minutes at a time, or problems at a time, and with one problem I go into as much detail as possible. This is a huge problem considering I am in my senior year of High School attempting to complete a program that piles on the work like it's necessary for the program to continue living. It's slowing me down on my test, which causes my grades to fall because I have practically no homework done, and even when I spend the days necessary for me to be fully sure I understand the lessons in my class rooms, when the test roll around I lose points because of the questions I never had time to get to because of my detail in each question (because I spill as much as I know about the topic or problem out) and because of how easily my mind gets sidetracked in between questions.
I feel like you all will just tell me it's normal. I hope it's the case, but then again I hope not. I don't want to have a problem, but I don't want to not have a solution.
For those of you who think it might be stress, is there a solution there?
For example, there was a meeting that was really important that I had to force myself to sit through without become to anxious for it to be over, and without letting my mind wander, I had to focus. So I did, and I sat there, but then when it was over, I realized that I had virtually blanked out. And all I remembered were seeing people moving around while the meeting was taking place, but I didn't quite process anything that was said and I definitely didn't understand what the meeting was even about.
Now, to give even more information I have been able to force myself focus on doing homework, but whenever I do it is only for minutes at a time, or problems at a time, and with one problem I go into as much detail as possible. This is a huge problem considering I am in my senior year of High School attempting to complete a program that piles on the work like it's necessary for the program to continue living. It's slowing me down on my test, which causes my grades to fall because I have practically no homework done, and even when I spend the days necessary for me to be fully sure I understand the lessons in my class rooms, when the test roll around I lose points because of the questions I never had time to get to because of my detail in each question (because I spill as much as I know about the topic or problem out) and because of how easily my mind gets sidetracked in between questions.
I feel like you all will just tell me it's normal. I hope it's the case, but then again I hope not. I don't want to have a problem, but I don't want to not have a solution.
For those of you who think it might be stress, is there a solution there?