I'm easily distracted. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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have u always been like that??? if the answer is not then it must be a face as far as i know ur a teen so i guess it is normal on teens . the funny thing is that i don't think i ever been through that . i think i always been a very focused person . i hope u still reading lol . well  here my recommendations:\n\nyoga i hear it helps a lot and as i child my father used to wake us in the morning and make us do some postures . the funny thing about it is that he stop because we wouldn't stop laughing at one of his positions . he used to stand in front of us put his feet like two ft apart incline and then show his tongue and make a sound like ahhhhhhhh . we couldn't stop laughing .\n\nchess is a really nice board game and requires a lot of concentration if u don't know how to play it buy a book about it and learn how to play it .\n\nbuy a t-shirt it should have a message on it "i am easily distracted  distract me if u wanna get hit". if u get the oposite because people is not afarid of u and just wanna bother u take it off right in that moment lol no just don't used it again .\n\nbuy a book read it .
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It shows how easily we can be distracted, and lose focus...
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Perhaps something like this that can't be automatically dealt with needs to be changed. Finish your work right away and then spend the rest of your time relaxing. It really helps!
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First of all find a queit relaxing place with no electronics or distractions! (i go in the bathroom lol nothing distracting there!) second makes note cards and study witha freind.
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Try and break your thoughts down and simplify. Usually lack of focus and stress is because your mind gets too far ahead of itself. Take things one step at a time, one task at a time and that should help a bit.
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This is a very common problem..and the best way to overcome this is to start counting 1000 to one backwards...\n\nthis keeps mind alert, active and focussed, because ur entire activity gets shifted to one thing. And then with this fresh concentration u can tackle things where u have been inactive at.
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A LITTLE EACH DAY INSTEAD OF CRAMMING THE NIGHT BEFORE.  TRY REVIEWING EACH TIME WHAT YOU READ THE DAY BEFORE TOO.  REPITITION HELPS.  ALSO, TRY WRITING IMPORTANT FACTS A COUPLE OF TIMES.  WRITING SEEMS TO KEEP INFORMATION IN YOUR HEAD LONGER.
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It's hard to say.  You need to probe this yourself.  Sit down and think about it.  Are there lots of distractions?  Are you tired?  Are you studying at the right time of day, in the right place.  I like to study in a relatively quiet (but not silent) envirnment, where there is lots of natural light, and they sell coffee.  This works best for me.  You need to find what works for you.  Also, if the problem persists, see a doc.  There can be medical issues that make it difficult to concentrate.  Good luck!
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I don recommend medications specialliy for concentration.\nUSe the clock. . !!\nyes .. the clock be in front of you and start to set 10 minutes as a challenge for you not to distract from the table area .. then after succedding to do this .. increase it to larger .. don have to make it using sutdying books ta the first .. yu amy do that using a magazine first then astudy book ...\ngood luck ..
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I soooo hear you on this one. I'm in University and I'm a procrastinator to the core. I don't know if this will help you or not but, I got a laptop for my birthday this year, and now that I can sit on the couch and be comfortable (and I like being in the midst of noise too) I find it much easier to get work done. I think you just have to find a place where you can be comfortable, and know what time of day you work best at (I way prefer nights to mornings). Also, drinking water works better than caffeine. Good luck to you!
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Just like some are sniffing at here, creating empty pauses when you don't think at anything and feel relaxed and safe is the way to go - you can try to scatter any thoughts why taking a walk in the woods alone for example. Practice and you will see the difference. \n\nBut - more importantly and easier to fix might be how you sleep and eat. Sleeping at least 8 hours and eating your three nutricious meals per day + doing it at regular hours will make you ready for anything. \n\nIncreasing your sleeping hours u
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focusing on certain tasks
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what i found that helps, is take notes.... even if you don't want to... or, an alternate, though i don't do it, bring a notebook, and halfpay attention, half work on some work,/homewrok/ doodle... whatever keeps your mind moving.... it'll look like you're playing attention. I reccomend talkig notes though... they'll help later.
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No, as you said, you are not multitasking as you would be able to focus on all items at once, the truth is that you are quickly changing your focus every few seconds to a new task. It's the same as switching from one task to the other like olden days, but at a much quicker rate, as Americans have become custom to due to our fast paced world where everything is due yesterday and we wait till tomorrow
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I have ADD as well.  What works me best is a timer.\n\nWhen I started this, I would set my timer for five minutes and work for only those five minutes.  When that was up, I would reward myself.  I continued doing this until and slowly increased the time; thereby training myself to work for longer periods.\n\nI now bounce between 15 minutes (for when I feel antsy or weekday evenings when I have several different tasks to work on), 30 minutes or an hour (when I'm feeling pretty driven and I have a major project I'm working on).   Most places I've seen recommend that you work no more than an hour without breaks.\n\nThis may sound like you won't get anything done, but you will be amazed at how much you can get done in just 5 minutes.\n\nETA: ignore Don.  I had ADD well before anyone could tell me what it was.  And I KNEW that I had a problem most people didn't, I just didn't know what it was. When I found out what ADD was (after I graduated college) I was finally able to deal with it effectively.\n\nETA2: desabol has some good suggestions - I want to make some enhancements:\nGetting organized - lifehacker.com has some great suggestions, but I really recommend you start with a to-do list of some kind.  It could be a word document, a 5x7 card stack, or an online to-do - find what works best for you.  This is how I get organized at work.  \nYou don't have to finish one item on your list before you start another.  I often leave projects in the middle and go do something else.  This keeps me from getting overwhelmed with everything I need to do.\nMinimal distractions.  I don't know about you, but very few things use all of my brain.  I find that if some part of my mind is being ignored it can become the biggest distraction of all.  So you need to figure out what are your distractions (for me, it is anything in print and anything that moves), and what can calm that part of the brain that wants attention. Again for me, that is music and I find that photographs of outdoor places also calm me down.\nNotes I write straight onto my to-do list at work. \n\nAnother ADD specific point.  It's easy to get into a what-to-do Catch-22.  You need to wash the dishes, but you need to pay bills, but you need to do laundry, but you need to get the dishes done...\nThe way to solve this is to choose an arbitrary pattern.  I go around my house clockwise (one room per time block) even if the bedroom just needs picking up and the bills are overdue, I'll still start with the bedroom and ignore the bills till I get to them.
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I always found if I put myself in a small room with no other distractions, I could concentrate better.\n\nWrite things down, it helps you remember.\n\nMake up little hints to help you remember lists of facts...for example "my very efficient mother just served us nine pizzas" is a good way to remember the 9 planets.  So you could make up your own little sentence if you had to memorize the supreme court judges or the 5 senses, or whatever.
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I also have ADD, and during my finals last year, I was just like you.  I went to a very quiet place and brought a discman or mp3 player. The music calmed me, and at the same time it kept me from being distracted from other things around me. Don't place them over your ears, just turn the volume on max and set it down on the desk next to you.  Hope it helps.