Studying is impossible, literally everything feels impossible.
At 20 years old, no longer in college and living at home, I've considered studying to try build my skills in hopes of getting a job in the future... except I've been unable to learn for pretty much all of my life. It's been this way since high school, poor grades, inability to focus and an overwhelming feeling of inadequacy when I tried to learn anything at all.
Whenever I study or try to read anything that involves retaining information, my head begins to feel heavy and clouded, I grow immensely tired, the thought of having to learn or even acting as a normal human being in society terrifies me. Going back to college isn't an option because no matter how much drive and ambition I have, it quickly dies out again within a few weeks and it ends in me leaving all of my assignments to the last minute, giving up or wishing to drop out.
The worst part of it all is I am not diagnosed. I'm almost certain that I have ADHD and the fact it's gone unchecked my entire life is WHY it's so out of control now. My mother agrees that I should see a specialist, but the family I live in tends to ignore all mental problems we have and act like nothing is wrong. I have no independence so I can't go get tested on my own and I have no money for that anyways. There's other issues I have as well, but atp that's all on the backburner for the future.
I reckon there being so many things wrong with me and none of them being addressed is only worsening my condition and my ability to study. I don't know how to cope or live as an adult. It was much easier as a child when nothing was expected of me, but now that I'm an adult with 0 independence and 0 freedom, suddenly it feels like the walls are closing in. I wish I could just study and be smart like a normal person so I could have a chance at a future, a job, education, anything like that. Somehow even being given advice stresses me out... does anyone feel like that?? This can't be normal.