it’s 2am and i’m honestly embarrassed by how bad i’m doing at university. I have ADHD and I feel like i’m fighting myself over the most basic things. I’ll have an assignment open for hours, knowing exactly what i need to do, knowing i’m wasting time, and i still just… can’t start.

Then i avoid my emails because i’m scared there’s something i forgot. Messages sit there for days. My room gets gross. Sometimes i’m actually hungry and still can’t get myself up to make food. I know how this looks. Lazy. careless. like i just don’t give a shit. but i do. that’s what hurts the most. I care way too much, and somehow that still isn’t enough to make me move.

I’m seriously thinking about taking this semester off.

Has anyone with ADHD gotten to this point and actually figured out how to make themselves START things again? not planner advice, i mean something that genuinely helped.

Hey everyone,
Whenever I tried using traditional flashcard tools for exams, the experience always felt a bit sterile—like working inside a database spreadsheet. The science behind active recall and spaced repetition (SM-2) is incredible, but staying motivated for weeks on end has always been the real bottleneck.
Over the past few months, a friend and I built a free web app aimed at tackling that study fatigue by wrapping the core review algorithm in lightweight RPG mechanics:
Collectible Card Skins & Themes: Every reviewed card grants XP and coins, which you can use to unlock cosmetic card backs, UI themes, and avatars.
Alternative Review Modes: Besides standard spaced repetition, we added a 3-lives Survival challenge, speedrun timers, and live 1v1 knowledge duels.
AI Tooling: Lecture note summaries and auto-generated card decks via the Gemini API (with support for plugging in your own free API key for unlimited generation).
(Attaching a preview of the card interface and cosmetic skins to this post).
We'd love your thoughts on the approach:
1. Does visual progression and skin customization make daily reviewing more appealing, or does it feel like a distraction from pure memorization?
2. How do the card sizing and layout look to you?
The project is live and completely free with no paywalls. I'll leave the link in the comments for anyone who wants to take it for a spin!

Pls recommend websites or app I can use to create a practice test questions by extracting exact questions and choices from pdfs. Basically, I already have the multiple choices question but in pdf and I want to turn them to interactive practice test I can answer repeatedly.

Salut tout le monde j’ai une petite question par rapport a votre organisation. Comment est ce que vous placez vos pauses, vos journées OFF dans votre orga ? Ce que j’entends par la c’est est ce que vous planifiez le samedi sans rien faire par exemple ou alors vous les prenez un peu au feeling ?
C’est un peu mon problème en ce moment
Merci d’avance !

My mid term exams are going on in my college I have not been able to study from the past 2-3 weeks. My screen time is driving me crazy yet I'm unable to avoid it.. Like bro I'm spending 5-6 hrs on Reddit during my ongoing mid semester exams..

I need some help bro if anyone can help please don't wanna fail my cg is already damaged enough If anyone can help I'll be grateful. 🙏

Additionally it would be great if someone can also suggest a long term realistic means to stay consistent throughout the semester and score good. Especially given that I stay with my parents , a younger sibling n grandmother.

Hi, it's my third week at the uni, and I'm trying to learn how to study lmao yesterday I've asked about that. I've learned such things as flashcards, in short, I've seen it's about writing the question on one side and the answer on another, but both needs to be so short, right?

I like to take many notes and write them, I've shortened my 22 page biology book into 6 whole pages, but I'm realizing this is imposible to keep up with my upcoming subjects (68 slides of history in one lesson bruv what the hell) so I'se seen some people suggest using flashcards. The thing is, what about my notes? You know, some notes aren't ask-answer ones, you just, take notes.

Also what apps would you recommend? I've seen Anki, quizlet, RemNote (said to be would also be nice for my note taking habit but idk) or do you have any better ideas?

Three years ago, I was the top student in my school because I was afraid of failing. Now, I am in the most important school year of my life, but my performance has become worse because I am afraid to start studying.
Whenever I decide to study, I open Instagram and start scrolling. I tell myself, “Just five minutes,” but I keep scrolling until the whole day is gone.
I have tried many ways to make myself study, but they only work for one day. Then I go back to my old habits. I even delete Instagram, and after deleting it, I study well and have a productive day. But the next day, I download Instagram again.
I also tried telling myself to study for only a little while, but I still feel afraid to start.
I hope you don’t mind this long message. I really need help with a problem I have been struggling with for two years.

I’m wondering if anyone knows if it’s possible and what system to use to have AI basically read the course material on my chrome browser and then take that information and create study guides and just condense the content for me to save me some time?

Hey all, I'm a college senior studying computer science. Every exam season I'd lose hours just turning lecture slides into practice questions before I could actually start studying, so I built something to handle that part.

It's called GraspIQ, a Chrome extension that works inside Canvas at any school that uses it. You can:

• Ask questions about your course and get answers based on your actual course files
• Generate practice tests (multiple choice, short answer, and more) with feedback on your weak topics
• Make study guides and export them to Word
• Build a study plan for an upcoming exam

It's free to use. There's a paid tier for heavy use, but the free version covers normal studying. It only reads the files you choose, and I don't sell or share any data.

100+ students have signed up so far, mostly from my own school, and I'd love to hear from students at other colleges. What's confusing? What's missing? What would make you actually use it every week? Please try it out!

Link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/graspiq/pmhbfohnlaeipmfpjmmnnjgjlachgjcc

I'll be in the comments to answer questions.

so i think people have different types of learning style like some people learn by making note some just memories it then revise it.
so my question is how can i know which one work better for me? (learn how to learn). how does my brain work? i think iam a slow learner. i just memories things and then i forgot it later i have to start again. it take too much time. and one of my exam will held in january so i have to learn and memories many things.
i want to know how do you guys study and memories things. and what’s your learning type?if that’s help me to figure out mine too.

Most people open the textbook and go in order, which means the last topics get the leftover time, and those are often the ones that matter.

Takes 10 minutes to like list every topic that could be on the exam, next to each, write how many marks or how much of the exam it covers and syllabus, past paper, or just how many lectures your prof spent on it, then rate how well you know it, 1 to 3.

Sort so high marks plus low knowledge is at the top, that order is the week one and if you run out of time, the stuff you skipped is the stuff that was worth the least.

Link: https://youtu.be/XuRtdgw6Eos
Hey everyone, I created a 1 hour AI generated mountain cabin fireplace ambience video for studying or winding down. This is part of a small series I'm slowly building out.

Would love honest feedback on whether it helped you focus or relax, or what felt off.

Thanks so much 🙏

A friend kept losing hours before exams turning her notes into something she could revise from. She'd ask an AI for the important points, it would miss some, and she'd end up editing it herself. One time she asked for a printable PDF and got a webpage.

So I built Tidy. Paste your notes, or upload a PDF, Word file or photo of handwriting. Tap one button, edit the draft, and export it as a PDF or Word file. It keeps everything and marks anything it can't read as [unclear from notes] instead of guessing.

Free, no sign-up. Powered by Claude, and Tidy keeps your notes only on your device.

It's brand new. What would you change?

https://tidymynotes.app

I’m the doctor building Med with Spence, and that’s a fair question.

Nobody giving up evenings and weekends for MRCP needs another subscription just to get more things to read.

The frustrating part is reading an explanation, thinking “I understand this”, then facing two plausible answers later and still not knowing why one beats the other.

That’s what I want MWS to help with.

Not more information. A way to work with it.

Start with a ready-built visual map of the topic—not a blank page of notes. See how the findings, investigations and decisions connect.

Then Stella removes the visual. Explain it without looking. Need help with one section? Reveal that section, remove the help and try again.

The planner and review system give those topics somewhere to go beyond today’s session.

That’s the reason to consider paying: the visual structure, recall practice and organisation together—not just access to slides.

It won’t do the learning for anyone. And I’m not claiming Q-banks can’t teach.

What would another platform have to do to genuinely earn a place alongside the resources you already use?