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I'm a first-year university student. Right now, we're going over completely uninteresting topics that I’ve either already covered (or skipped) back in school. I have no motivation to complete the assignments because these subjects don’t interest me at all. I know that in the future there will be subjects I’ll enjoy, but for now, I’m stuck with all of this – and without any motivation.

As a result, I end up doing nothing all day, finding ways to distract myself just to avoid working on my university assignments. I don't like this at all because I’m not doing what I actually want to do. I "wait" until late at night, realizing I can’t procrastinate any longer, or I end up sacrificing sleep. It feels like a waste of time because I’m neither doing what I have to do nor what I want to do.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like you might have ADHD. People with ADHD sometimes have difficulty getting things done until their stress response kicks in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

I mean maybe but I think more than likely I'm just lazy. It seems the internet diagnoses everyone with ADHD nowadays. If everyone has ADHD then does anyone really have it? I think it's a pretty normal human thing to have difficulty doing things you don't want to do.

My older brother has it and it's much more obvious that he does. I have no issues paying attention or sitting still or anything like that...whereas he will get stuck on things and stop paying attention. Homework and chores are just not particularly fun for me or anyone lol.