How do you guys deal with distractions such as Porn or Facebook or friends wanting to hangout?

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Just curious, because I have my books in PDF files on my computer and when i study i always have this "addiction like itch" that i need to crave by looking at for instance porn, or facebook, or texting, or reddit, or just thinking about doing other things than studying and lose focus for small patches of time...

Basically, how do you guys remain focused?

I have to study in busy areas in order to keep myself in check, but often i dont have the option to go to these places all the time...Its when im alone that I lose focus...

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why would i care about who seems my profile pic??? everyone looks at porn, nothing new here...
 
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Well, if your serious...

1. Study in a library and on library computers. This will keep you on task and away from distractions. When alone, go to a room in the house or area of your room or whatever that is very spartan and has a somber, study oriented mood -- not a goof off mood.

2. Friends, reddit, etc will be there after the test. Search yourself and determine honestly how important this test is to you and what you are willing to sacrifice. For me, everything besides exercise basically fell by the wayside especially these last few days and weeks before the test.

3. It all does come down to "self discipline" This flows from #2. If you want it bad enough and take it seriously enough, you will be able to study MCAT while being surrounded by yelling children by going into your meditative place.

4. You are quite possible addicted to internet pornography. There are many studies that show internet porn basically trick your brain into thinking it is getting intimate with a woman while its not. This is bad for you for several reasons including overloading your pleasure circuit. Further, it is just bad for your self discipline, and, as studies suggest, for your self efficacy and self esteem as well.

If you use internet porn enough to post on an internet forum that you are having trouble avoiding it... you probably do need help. Internet porn is bad for you, go out on a date. Not making a value judgment, but as a teenager my life got much better when I started trying to find real women to get sexual with. GL.
 
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Well, if your serious...

1. Study in a library and on library computers. This will keep you on task and away from distractions. When alone, go to a room in the house or area of your room or whatever that is very spartan and has a somber, study oriented mood -- not a goof off mood.

2. Friends, reddit, etc will be there after the test. Search yourself and determine honestly how important this test is to you and what you are willing to sacrifice. For me, everything besides exercise basically fell by the wayside especially these last few days and weeks before the test.

3. It all does come down to "self discipline" This flows from #2. If you want it bad enough and take it seriously enough, you will be able to study MCAT while being surrounded by yelling children by going into your meditative place.

4. You are quite possible addicted to internet pornography. There are many studies that show internet porn basically trick your brain into thinking it is getting intimate with a woman while its not. This is bad for you for several reasons including overloading your pleasure circuit. Further, it is just bad for your self discipline, and, as studies suggest, for your self efficacy and self esteem as well.

If you use internet porn enough to post on an internet forum that you are having trouble avoiding it... you probably do need help. Internet porn is bad for you, go out on a date. Not making a value judgment, but as a teenager my life got much better when I started trying to find real women to get sexual with. GL.

thanks man! I have a current GF right now, but just like watch porn on the side, i think i am actually addicted to it...I'm gonna try to avoid it and see if the temptation will go away.
 
Wastes paper, but print your study materials and work with them away from your computer. Not only does it reduce the facebook/porn ease of access, but you can use highlighters and sketch diagrams more easily.

Also, take a timed break every now and again, say 10 minutes every hour where you get up, walk around, or even use facebook. Set a timer. When it goes off, you gotta go back to the books, no matter what. Not just one more post, or whatever.
 
Just curious, because I have my books in PDF files on my computer and when i study i always have this "addiction like itch" that i need to crave by looking at for instance porn, or facebook, or texting, or reddit, or just thinking about doing other things than studying and lose focus for small patches of time...

Basically, how do you guys remain focused?

I have to study in busy areas in order to keep myself in check, but often i dont have the option to go to these places all the time...Its when im alone that I lose focus...

Simple. Prioritize. Do you value getting into med school more or porn/facebook/texting/reddit? When you realize and internalize the importance of this exam, all the other things should dwindle.
 
thanks man! I have a current GF right now, but just like watch porn on the side, i think i am actually addicted to it...I'm gonna try to avoid it and see if the temptation will go away.

Watch that movie, "Don Jon". I liked its take on pornography
 
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Well, if your serious...

3. It all does come down to "self discipline" This flows from #2. If you want it bad enough and take it seriously enough, you will be able to study MCAT while being surrounded by yelling children by going into your meditative place.

Oh dear god #3. You just can't escape the whining children. Unless you go to a college library (well of course their are parents with their kids but this is extremely rare), you will always have kids running around screaming their heads off. But that is just how it is and you have to roll with the punches.

Well good earplugs help too...
 
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Just curious, because I have my books in PDF files on my computer and when i study i always have this "addiction like itch" that i need to crave by looking at for instance porn, or facebook, or texting, or reddit, or just thinking about doing other things than studying and lose focus for small patches of time...

Basically, how do you guys remain focused?

I have to study in busy areas in order to keep myself in check, but often i dont have the option to go to these places all the time...Its when im alone that I lose focus...
So many trolls on this forum, srsly. Let's all report exacto and maybe admins will start cracking down on trolls and imposters
 
Reddit and friends its just force of will.

Porn is easy. A quick fap and I have nor urge anymore to watch it.
 
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Just curious, because I have my books in PDF files on my computer and when i study i always have this "addiction like itch" that i need to crave by looking at for instance porn, or facebook, or texting, or reddit, or just thinking about doing other things than studying and lose focus for small patches of time...

Basically, how do you guys remain focused?

I have to study in busy areas in order to keep myself in check, but often i dont have the option to go to these places all the time...Its when im alone that I lose focus...

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Just curious, because I have my books in PDF files on my computer and when i study i always have this "addiction like itch" that i need to crave by looking at for instance porn, or facebook, or texting, or reddit, or just thinking about doing other things than studying and lose focus for small patches of time...

Basically, how do you guys remain focused?

I have to study in busy areas in order to keep myself in check, but often i dont have the option to go to these places all the time...Its when im alone that I lose focus...

You shouldn't use your picture because:

1. Adcoms can look here and do.

2. You admitted to using ripped files of the review material openly.

Medical schools probably would be more forgiving of a porn addiction, but not so much stealing.
 
This thread has so much potential
 
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Really though, they willl destroy you. Behind my anonomous JD mask I can talk about heroin porn and stickin it to the man, I would never dream of using a real picture
 
Really though, they willl destroy you. Behind my anonomous JD mask I can talk about heroin porn and stickin it to the man, I would never dream of using a real picture
Pretty sure they could still subpoena SDN and get your name if they REALLY wanted to lol
 
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Someone got rejected from med school after already being accepted due to making a king of the hill joke on these boards. Dont test your luck
 
Hah. Im shocked at all the naive people on sdn that actually think the application process for medical school is that hardcore.. They shuffle through thousands of students... Also, they are not looking for the next president. Besides, do you actually think they would have enough time to look through all the profile pictures/posts on sdn and actually match them to an applicant? LOL
 
Hah. Im shocked at all the naive people on sdn that actually think the application process for medical school is that hardcore.. They shuffle through thousands of students... Also, they are not looking for the next president. Besides, do you actually think they would have enough time to look through all the profile pictures/posts on sdn and actually match them to an applicant? LOL

this is what i assumed... Medical schools have sooooooo many applicants and no time to view them, that do you think they would take the time to read a post on a forum? Besides who doesnt look at porn...lol
 
So many trolls on this forum, srsly. Let's all report exacto and maybe admins will start cracking down on trolls and imposters
oh and im not a troll, dont be so hasty in you conclusions my friend. Feel free to talk smack about me though, i do not mind it :)
 
Hah. Im shocked at all the naive people on sdn that actually think the application process for medical school is that hardcore.. They shuffle through thousands of students... Also, they are not looking for the next president. Besides, do you actually think they would have enough time to look through all the profile pictures/posts on sdn and actually match them to an applicant? LOL
this is what i assumed... Medical schools have sooooooo many applicants and no time to view them, that do you think they would take the time to read a post on a forum? Besides who doesnt look at porn...lol

You're right, they may not care that much about porn, albeit I wouldn't try to bring it up with them. However, they most certainly care about people stealing review material.
 
You're right, they may not care that much about porn, albeit I wouldn't try to bring it up with them. However, they most certainly care about people stealing review material.

It isnt my review material... i cant read 100pgs on the computer screen without losing focus as i said earlier, by books i meant outline guides/practice test/online material from AAMC, etc sites, guess i should have used a better word... sorry for the confusion... No stealing/piracy here.
 
It isnt my review material... i cant read 100pgs on the computer screen without losing focus as i said earlier, by books i meant outline guides/practice test/online material from AAMC, etc sites, guess i should have used a better word... sorry for the confusion... No stealing/piracy here.

Sorry about that then
 
Oh dear god #3. You just can't escape the whining children. Unless you go to a college library (well of course their are parents with their kids but this is extremely rare), you will always have kids running around screaming their heads off. But that is just how it is and you have to roll with the punches.

Well good earplugs help too...

I know the kids are everywhere --- especially unchaperoned in the "quiet" part of the library. I've had many an angry thought at them. Need to get me some good earplugs!!
 
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I know the kids are everywhere --- especially unchaperoned in the "quiet" part of the library. I've had many an angry thought at them. Need to get me some good earplugs!!

I have a great deal of trouble studying at the public library near my house because people (mostly adults) go to talk on the cell phone for hours while checking Facebook and the like (not to mention all the screaming kids running around).

Our library system luckily solved that problem by including individual study rooms in the main branch library. Now, I can reserve a room all day and not have to worry about the screaming children on the other side of the glass wall (oh, and for those concerned about the porn issue, the study rooms have glass walls so they're private without being too private -- unless you want to spend the night in jail...).
 
I have a great deal of trouble studying at the public library near my house because people (mostly adults) go to talk on the cell phone for hours while checking Facebook and the like (not to mention all the screaming kids running around).

Our library system luckily solved that problem by including individual study rooms in the main branch library. Now, I can reserve a room all day and not have to worry about the screaming children on the other side of the glass wall (oh, and for those concerned about the porn issue, the study rooms have glass walls so they're private without being too private -- unless you want to spend the night in jail...).
That sounds like quitter talk
 
I have a great deal of trouble studying at the public library near my house because people (mostly adults) go to talk on the cell phone for hours while checking Facebook and the like (not to mention all the screaming kids running around).

Our library system luckily solved that problem by including individual study rooms in the main branch library. Now, I can reserve a room all day and not have to worry about the screaming children on the other side of the glass wall (oh, and for those concerned about the porn issue, the study rooms have glass walls so they're private without being too private -- unless you want to spend the night in jail...).

Now I only go to the library as a last resort, and because its close to my gym. I prefer to go the college library, especially their computer lab with the double monitors and blast the classical. Of course then I take a break and see all the tanned, laughing people hanging out in the quad...then I return back to my hole. *Sigh* MCAT in one week...
 
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