u/SalaryOk4565

I'm constantly feeling distracted to the point that I'm breaking other people's promises to not get distracted on literally anything. I'm willing to try absolutely anything to even recognize my mistakes when I'm making them.

I'm currently a student, and I can't stand the fact that I'm heavily flawed in discipline, focus, motivation, and essentially anything that makes or forces someone have or want to continue what they are doing. It's not even a matter of trying to start something anymore; I will get distracted BEFORE I even begin. I have at least 2 hours of screen time on Youtube shorts a day (none of which was worth), and at least an hour more on my computer doing other things that are nowhere close to being related to my work. That minimum is never truly reached either; my average is typically an hour or more higher, I've lost track.

I've gone so far deep into this rabbit hole that I'm going into what feels like a coma every time I see my phone or a tab with Youtube, and doomscroll until at least an hour has passed. These days, I unconciously break my promises to my parents to not scroll, which is weird because I almost never break active promises to my parents like these, especially since I'm making these promises the day I break them. However, as soon as I'm done, I immediately regret everything I do and grow my sense of self-hatred, and I'm now starting to confuse even myself as to whether I wanted to lock in, or if I gave up on something.

On the contrary, I'm doing well in school, with good grades and steady extracurriculars and all, but I noticed that since my last two semesters, my grade has been going on a slippery slope, despite me having what should be more time on my hands (which I assume you now all know where that's going to).

If there is anyone with any advice as to how I can decrease my distractions, or at the very least help me even regain consciousness while getting distracted so I can apply methods of prevent distraction, please help. I've broken the trust in time management that my parents have on me, and I'm desperate for any solution.

TL;DR: Growing desperate from going into a downfall in grades because of distractions I'm not even conscious about, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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u/SalaryOk4565 — 11 hours ago