Hello,
Throughout my life I have undergone a severe problem in focusing, which has ultimately sculpted my learning process into a self-taught education. By that, I mean I attend class and essentially space out. This occurs, not due to my lack of interest, but because my attention essentially vanishes. So now that I have YOUR attention, I was wondering if anyone has this same problem and has overcome this. This problem has translated into my MCAT studies in that I seem to miss several practice passages, not because I do not understand the material, but because I find it difficult to focus in on the passage and important information in question choices; and block out extraneous stimuli. You may say "slow down" when reading; however, I already read at a snail's pace in order to allow myself to actively focus in on every sentence, but a lot of times I find myself rereading the same sentence 3-4 times.
Any other stories/comments would be fantastic! Especially involving a light at the end of the tunnel.
Just to prevent posts stating the obvious, I have thought about making an appointment with my physician to diagnose this; however, I feel this is an overreaction.
Throughout my life I have undergone a severe problem in focusing, which has ultimately sculpted my learning process into a self-taught education. By that, I mean I attend class and essentially space out. This occurs, not due to my lack of interest, but because my attention essentially vanishes. So now that I have YOUR attention, I was wondering if anyone has this same problem and has overcome this. This problem has translated into my MCAT studies in that I seem to miss several practice passages, not because I do not understand the material, but because I find it difficult to focus in on the passage and important information in question choices; and block out extraneous stimuli. You may say "slow down" when reading; however, I already read at a snail's pace in order to allow myself to actively focus in on every sentence, but a lot of times I find myself rereading the same sentence 3-4 times.
Any other stories/comments would be fantastic! Especially involving a light at the end of the tunnel.
Just to prevent posts stating the obvious, I have thought about making an appointment with my physician to diagnose this; however, I feel this is an overreaction.
