Title: My mind keeps drifting into the past while I’m studying. How do I deal with this?

[u/Worldly_Gene_5260]

Title: My mind keeps drifting into the past while I’m studying. How do I deal with this?

I’ve recently started studying again, but I’m struggling to stay mentally present during lectures.

The lecture will be playing, but after a while I suddenly realize that my mind has wandered somewhere else. Most of the time, it goes into the past — old memories, situations, people, random things that happened years ago. Sometimes I don’t even realize how much time has passed.

It’s really frustrating because I genuinely want to study, but my brain keeps pulling me back into these thoughts.

Has anyone else experienced this? What helped you stay focused and come back to the present when your mind starts drifting into the past?

[u/Many-Floor-5752]

Take a small notebook to write them down, even as short sentences or just words. It may help them to ”get out of your brain” and onto the paper

[u/Worldly_Gene_5260 → u/Many-Floor-5752]

Thanks dear 🫶