"I too am a 17 year old Indian ,unable to study for my exams I have failed in my previous exams or else before I used to top.
please if you have figured out a way to help yourself to study please do post it on this site."
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"Hi Harshit,
Im from India as well. Im 22 now and i can already picture when i was 17 and had to study. It can be quite a task, especially with MD.
It think what would help is meditation and journaling. i started journaling because when you're…"
"Your situation is exactly like what was mine when I was 17. I can tell you how to get rid of MD, but trust me it's not an intelligent thing to do. First of all always remember you should never feel guilty for your MD. It's the best…"
"Hello I'm new here, yesterday was my first appointment with a psychologist so im just getting started on this journey. What helped me with my studies is to actually use MD, i made up that i was tutoring someone, a teacher or a big ass professor…"
"Hello Harshit. I'm a new member myself and this is my first interaction.
i started MDD when i was about 4. I am 30 now and i can say i have lived half a life. I have always been the smartest in my entire school, but as i grew older my MDD…"
Should I go for therapy?
I'm a 17 year old and MD has been severely affecting my studies for the past two years. I need bring down my daydreaming time to just a few hours per day so that I can give that time to studies.I have tried searching for possible remedies but couldn't find any. Regarding therapists or psychologists most people wrote that their therapist didn't knew about MD and wasn't able to help much. So what should I do? Should I try meditation and other things to improve my condition. (If yes then please…See More
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Should I go for therapy?
Posted on November 16, 2020 at 8:32am 4 Comments 3 Likes
I'm a 17 year old and MD has been severely affecting my studies for the past two years. I need bring down my daydreaming time to just a few hours per day so that I can give that time to studies.
I have tried searching for possible remedies but couldn't find any. Regarding therapists or psychologists most people wrote that their therapist didn't knew about MD and wasn't able to help much. So what should I do? Should I try meditation and other things to improve my condition. (If yes then… Continue
I have tried searching for possible remedies but couldn't find any. Regarding therapists or psychologists most people wrote that their therapist didn't knew about MD and wasn't able to help much. So what should I do? Should I try meditation and other things to improve my condition. (If yes then… Continue
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- At 3:33am on November 29, 2020,
Joy said…
Hello Harshit. I'm a new member myself and this is my first interaction.
i started MDD when i was about 4. I am 30 now and i can say i have lived half a life. I have always been the smartest in my entire school, but as i grew older my MDD became worse and i started failing classes. as a result i sank deeper and deeper into depression and came close to suicide. I guess what i am trying to say from my own experience is that i think you should address the problem early on so that it wouldn't leave such scarring consequences on your future.
- Regarding Therapists and Psychiatrists, it is true that this is a new field and few specialists are aware of it, but i recommend following up with one anyway in case it kept progressing, if it is possible, someone who is up to date on recent medical literature and published data.
- Studying in public places (libraries, cafe, at a friend's house...) was helpful for me to focus on my studies. When i am alone, i would leave post-it notes all over the room that say MALADOPTIVE to remind myself to get back to reality. i also wrote notes on my hands or my books to get myself back to studying when i felt i was letting go of reality. Another thing i used to do when i found it hard to concentrate, i would incorporate my studies in my daydreams, like i would imagine myself reciting the subject infront of the whole school (that way you have to actually read it!) or that i was tutoring a friend.
- Try to identify and avoid the triggers to your daydreams.
- Another escape i found was in books and games. when i sense that i have been daydreaming too long i would force myself to read a book to get my mind away from the dream.
- Later on, the best terminator of my daydreams was work. I intentionally became a workaholic. (But you don"t have to do that. It wasn't really healthy)
here are some resources that i found online that address the issue, hopefully they will be helpful for better understanding:
https://youtu.be/u9ZXH1c87AU (Prof Somer is a pioneer in this field!)
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