| Diagnosis: bored. See other comments on interest. I'll address your thoughts. You're speaking casually, but your exaggerations can be dangerous when you're vulnerable: > nothing sticks. Not literally true that "nothing" sticks, since you later mention things you recall. > I fail to understand, fail to recognize patterns There's partial understanding and levels of understanding. You can notice progress by comparing your present understanding with before. > am too slow to understand simple concepts Here you admit you do gain understanding, but dismiss it. What is the threshold for fast enough? > and never retain anything. Again, not literally true that "nothing" is retained. > Occasionally understand the individual concepts of something but then her completely lost when they're all combined in some applied method. Again, you admit understanding, but dismiss it because of difficulty in the next step. Also, "completely" lost is not literally true. --- These casual exaggerations are dangerous when you start to believe them, because they aren't literally true. Changing them won't solve the problem completely, but you'll see it more clearly and that helps to solve it! Advice: notice what you _have_
retained/understood/applied
(especially in contrast with before)
[But the real problem is boredom] |