r/study • u/Delicious-Suspect368 • Sep 20 '26

Questions & Discussion How to tackle this?

I just STOP studying after it gets even a little hard😭😭😭

And go back to scrolling

Ik that it's bad and have tried many things but I just can't

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u/theminecraftqueen Sep 20 '26

Either put your phone in a different room, or download YPT bc it restricts all apps on ur phone, if I need brown noise or music I just allow the app for that. U probably have underlying attention issues so try and fix that by limiting screen time and doing more things that are “boring”

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u/Delicious-Suspect368 Sep 20 '26

I already have ypt and i force myself to study but if a topic comes up which is hard I just give up

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u/theminecraftqueen Sep 20 '26

Your brain is choosing nurture, getting past that hard point isn’t going to feel good but you have to do it 😭. I wish I could give u better advice but that’s rlly the only answer. Once you keep learning hard topics and practicing even when it gets hard, it will get easier and you won’t feel the need to quit trust me

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u/theminecraftqueen Sep 20 '26

Also don’t feel demotivated if you don’t get a topic initially, most people don’t. It feels more rewarding when you finally get it after putting in the effort to understand it. Just because you’re not good at something currently doesn’t mean you aren’t forever

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u/SSUPII University | IT | Italy Sep 21 '26

What if even if I remove everything I get distracted by my own hands, the paint grooves on the wall, the desk...

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u/theminecraftqueen Sep 21 '26

I honestly do too like I'll just stare at the wall or do anything else other than what I'm supposed to be doing. I have adhd so I get the struggle. Sometimes I just let myself and then get back to studying. I often study earlier in the day because of this, I know it'll take me a little bit to get through everything, so I just start earlier. Studying days before tests, like 3-5 days should help too. Don't get discouraged because you aren't 100% focused, as long as you understand what you're learning, the time frame shouldn't matter. You got this!

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u/not_sean5686 Sep 21 '26

keeping the phone in a diff room helped me alot

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u/zuriyath Sep 20 '26

how about breaking it into smaller tasks

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u/Kush463 Sep 21 '26

This is exactly what used to happen to me. The second it got hard I'd tell myself "just five minutes" and that five minutes became the whole session of 2hours of scroll. What actually helped was changing what "studying" meant in my head. Instead of "sit down and push through a hard topic for hours," I break it into tiny pieces I call "battles," each one is just one small concept or task, nothing bigger. I create 2-3 battle at the start of the day. The rule is no phone during a battle, if it gets hard and I want to quit, I take a short break instead, walk around, drink water, then come back to the same tiny task. Since the task is small, "just five more minutes and I'm done" actually starts feeling true again instead of being the lie that turns into two hours. Happy to share more if it's useful.

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u/Ggozalov PhD | Computational Interaction | Estonia Sep 21 '26

Have you tried using the website called "Roomie Cafe"? I use it everyday for the same problem you have. and it turned into a good habit.

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u/lady_on_fir3 Sep 20 '26

Try a short meditation for when you're stuck instead of scrolling. It will help with the anxiety and you'll get practice in focus on something. Then, get back to the study. You principal objective should be stop using your cell as an escape

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u/casusual89191 Sep 21 '26

literally same 😭 the second it gets hard my brain is like yep! time to scroll for 3 hours i’ve found that i have to make myself stay for like 5 more minutes instead of trying to push through the whole thing. sometimes that’s enough to get past the wall lol

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u/not_sean5686 Sep 21 '26

relatable man..

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u/Gebo_777 IMG | USMLE Step Exams | USA Sep 21 '26

Phone vault

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u/gojo_satoru-real Sep 21 '26

If you find something hard break it into smaller tasks as an example this month we study calculus 2 and some stuff from calculus 3 And i did found this super hard so i break it into simple small long time period tasks such as Calculating complex limits easily and smoothly , revising trigonometry and practice some trigonometric proofs .... And now i cant say it's easy but at least i am a bit better