u/Raiden_Must_Die

Hi everyone, I recently found out I am twice exceptional (with ADHD) and I am currently suffering a lot because of my university career. I've watched a ridiculous amount of videos on study methods, read posts on reddit and quora, read articles on the web and still I still haven't figured out how I should study certain subjects that aren't strictly conversational. So I ask you for advice on how to do this and how I could compose my study method.

To make it short I'm studying medicine and I haven't figured out how to study for almost 3 years: I've passed some exams but I'm extremely behind my peers (I have to study for my 2nd year exams and by some miracle I passed those first).

While I was at school, I simply had to read and understand, and I excelled in subjects like philosophy and history (while I had very little education in mathematics and physics, both for external and internal reasons, and even today I don't know how to study them).

The pattern I'm experiencing is also very similar to the one I experienced in high school with these last two subjects: no matter how much I read and reread, it's as if my brain physically refuses to acquire and try to understand. The point is that I really enjoy medicine, and clinical reasoning in particular (in some internships, I performed well despite having studied certain subjects less than others).

To be more precise about my reading problems: when I find myself reading a text it is as if the content were completely disconnected and thrown away for no reason. For example, I'm studying neuroanatomy and when I find myself studying a part of the brain (for example the amygdala) the book gives me a brief introduction and then throws anatomical details and other things at me that seem genuinely out of context. It's as if he didn't give an introduction to the topics: the feeling I get is that of starting to watch a film and starting from a random scene where characters appear one after the other and in the meantime I have to explain the protagonists and the plot.

A recent intuition I had is to approach certain sentences by always asking myself the causal and finalistic reason for what I am trying to understand and to look for the logical thread even at the cost of reading completely random pages of the book. Furthermore, I always try to draw a mental map in the meantime to keep track of what I understand.

Thank you for reading this far, I wish you a wonderful day.

Hi everyone, I recently found out I am 2e (ADHD) and I am currently suffering a lot because of my university career. I've watched a ridiculous amount of videos on study methods, read posts on reddit and quora, read articles on the web and still I still haven't figured out how I should study certain subjects that aren't strictly conversational. So I ask you for advice on how to do this and how I could compose my study method.

To make it short I'm studying medicine and I haven't figured out how to study for almost 3 years: I've passed some exams but I'm extremely behind my peers (I have to study for my 2nd year exams and by some miracle I passed those first).

While I was at school, I simply had to read and understand, and I excelled in subjects like philosophy and history (while I had very little education in mathematics and physics, both for external and internal reasons, and even today I don't know how to study them).

The pattern I'm experiencing is also very similar to the one I experienced in high school with these last two subjects: no matter how much I read and reread, it's as if my brain physically refuses to acquire and try to understand. The point is that I really enjoy medicine, and clinical reasoning in particular (in some internships, I performed well despite having studied certain subjects less than others).

To be more precise about my reading problems: when I find myself reading a text it is as if the content were completely disconnected and thrown away for no reason. For example, I'm studying neuroanatomy and when I find myself studying a part of the brain (for example the amygdala) the book gives me a brief introduction and then throws anatomical details and other things at me that seem genuinely out of context. It's as if he didn't give an introduction to the topics: the feeling I get is that of starting to watch a film and starting from a random scene where characters appear one after the other and in the meantime I have to explain the protagonists and the plot.

A recent intuition I had is to approach certain sentences by always asking myself the causal and finalistic reason for what I am trying to understand and to look for the logical thread even at the cost of reading completely random pages of the book. Furthermore, I always try to draw a mental map in the meantime to keep track of what I understand.

Thank you for reading this far, I wish you a wonderful day.

Hi everyone, by fiction I also want to specify things like TV series, comics, video games, films, etc.

As a medical student who would like to specialize in psychiatry, I recommend the video game Disco Elysium to everyone:

it's a deeply artistic, political, and philosophical point-and-click role-playing game with the most impressive lines of dialogue I've ever seen in a video game. Anyone who knows it can confirm that it's a book disguised as a video game. I don't want to give away any spoilers, but I'll just say that it's an investigation game where you play as a detective who has lost his memory and must solve a case.

One of the elements that I love is how the game allows you to approach the story differently based on your skills, which are attributes belonging to the kinesthetic, emotional and intellectual fields of the protagonist and which, based on their level, will talk to you with real voices during the adventure.

Hello everyone, I hope you're well.

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Finding out I have ADHD has given me enormous relief and determination because now I understand why I did and continue to do certain things in my daily life. Honestly, I'd like to approach this condition not as an inevitable evil and I would love to hear your testimonials and advice.

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Personally, I would like to grow a lot intellectually and emotionally, but I also say that this is not the main thing in life and that there is much more out there than university, work, etc.

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After having suffered academically (I am in university and I spent 2 years without understanding how to study and falling behind in exams) I realized that there is much more to life and that focusing my days and my pleasure and pain on studying and goals would be like looking at a mosaic and focusing only on one piece while ignoring the rest.

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I wanted to write these few words both because I hope they can directly or indirectly make you reflect, but also because I have the feeling that this is a realization that many gifted people have achieved and I would like to hear what you have to add to my words.

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Thank you for your attention and wish you all the best.

Hello everyone, I'm a medical student and recently discovered I have ADHD, although I'd known for some time that I was gifted. The reason I'm disclosing my condition as a student is because since I started college, it's as if I've lost the ability to read and understand. For over a year, I've been searching for information online and practicing metacognition about how I think and process information: I've looked for study methods recommended by experts, top-down learning, Mindmaps, etc.

But the problem persists: every time I sit down to read a book packed with information, I feel completely paralyzed, or at best, I get results that will only turn into vague knowledge in the following days. I know what I'm about to say is an old classic, but from childhood until the end of high school all I needed was simply reading.

An important detail that I want to include is that I have always been inclined towards subjects such as history and philosophy while I have rarely studied in my life, both because of myself and because of the low level education I received, subjects such as mathematics and physics, where instead I started having difficulties from the beginning of high school precisely because I do not know how to study them.

I would be deeply grateful to anyone who can give me an opinion or advice, I thank you for your attention and I wish you a good day.

Hello everyone, being a medical student interested in becoming a psychiatrist I was interested in understanding what makes a psychiatrist more capable and experienced in his work besides studying and working.

I am a medical student and I would like to become a neurologist or psychiatrist, but I admit that my preference tends towards the latter and I think that not only is it a difficult, satisfying and hopeful job but also excellent for those who want to have economic security and a lot of free time for themselves compared to other specialties