don't know what's wrong

i am in my final year of university, and i just can't make myself work, i have absolutly no motivation to do my work. i am getting really behind especially with my disseration, i mean i want to do well but i just can't seem to make myself do it. i used to be so motivated and i don't know whats happened to me. i constantly feel tired and negative about everything, and recently i haven't been able to stop crying. i don't know what to do, i don't want to fail, but i just seem to spend all day doing noting. the only time i'm happy seems to be when i am out with my friends. i just don't know what to do.

Reply 1

ezyazd

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Anonymous

i am in my final year of university, and i just can't make myself work, i have absolutly no motivation to do my work. i am getting really behind especially with my disseration, i mean i want to do well but i just can't seem to make myself do it. i used to be so motivated and i don't know whats happened to me. i constantly feel tired and negative about everything, and recently i haven't been able to stop crying. i don't know what to do, i don't want to fail, but i just seem to spend all day doing noting. the only time i'm happy seems to be when i am out with my friends. i just don't know what to do.

You could possibly be depressed? Even if nothing has happened to trigger depression you can get it because sometimes its caused by hormonal imbalances. You should see your tutor about it to let him/ her know whats going with yout work and then see a doctor, that the uni might be a bit more understanding if your work isnt as good esp if your doctor diagnoses you with something. I kinda feel like you do, but im only in my 1st year.. oh what hope is there for me?!?!?!? I have issued around my lack or motivation etc and i let the course leaders know and theyre pretty helpful

Reply 2

xxsarahjwxx

I feel the same way at the moment and have always put it down to my eating problems. You need to try and break the cycle. Go out for a run or something to get u woken up and then sit down to work, it really helps me concentrate, its just finding the motivation to do it lol.

Reply 3

jo_ukcrew03

xxsarahjwxx

I feel the same way at the moment and have always put it down to my eating problems. You need to try and break the cycle. Go out for a run or something to get u woken up and then sit down to work, it really helps me concentrate, its just finding the motivation to do it lol.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^Exactly what I do! Wakes me up and makes me hungry when I come back. Esp. the brain cells get enough stimulation making things seem more logical than they were before.<<<Better than coffee I will have to say;thumbsup;

Reply 4

starless_dark

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Anonymous

i am in my final year of university, and i just can't make myself work, i have absolutly no motivation to do my work. i am getting really behind especially with my disseration, i mean i want to do well but i just can't seem to make myself do it. i used to be so motivated and i don't know whats happened to me. i constantly feel tired and negative about everything, and recently i haven't been able to stop crying. i don't know what to do, i don't want to fail, but i just seem to spend all day doing noting. the only time i'm happy seems to be when i am out with my friends. i just don't know what to do.

I feel like that concerning lack of motivation (I'm in 1st year) - the work is there, I have plenty of time to do it in but it feels like if I ignore it, it'll go away. It won't, and then there I am in the few days before the deadline trying to write 2000 words on a film clip I haven't watched thoroughly enough. During the exam period me and my boyfriend broke up and I didn't even look at my notes to revise, just turned up to the exams completely unprepared and struggled through. I'll be faced with resits in the summer, and I'm not looking forward to that. I don't know what to suggest concerning motivation, I've never been a particularly motivated person, but uni has made me into the most unmotivated person I've ever been. I'm skipping Landeskunde right now because I was eating spaghetti and left it too late to set off without walking in late (which I hate doing, I feel so self-conscious) so here I am, being unmotivated.

Reply 5

wackysparkle

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well forget work right now --- is there anything that is going on in your personal life that is causing you worry or distress? - could be your sub-consious that is unrelaxed and thereby affecting your work

Reply 6

pikaboo

13

I know how you feel! I had to give myself a kick up the arse this term because finalist year work is more bulky than ever. It does sound like stress rather than depression, because you're still happy doing other activities, and it seems to be just the workload that is getting you down.

So what I suggest worked for me - write a list of all the things you have to do (painful, but it'll get you organised!) and divide the work into little chunks. Get your dissertation plan ready and do a set amount a week, or a little task for it every day. This will release you from the negative cycle of not doing any work, then feeling stressed, then not being able to sleep...and it just repeats itself. You know you're capable of doing lots of work to get this far in your degree, so keep at it!

Reply 7

tbm

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Anonymous

i am in my final year of university, and i just can't make myself work, i have absolutly no motivation to do my work. i am getting really behind especially with my disseration, i mean i want to do well but i just can't seem to make myself do it. .

You sound exactly like me, Im in the same position now, final year student with loads of work, but cant be bothered or motivated to do it!! I am seriously sick of uni at the moment, the only thing keeping me going is knowing Ive nearly finished!!

I think you just need to focus on the result- ie in 3/4 months time, you'll have finished uni completely and can start enjoying again, whether that be working, travelling etc, whatever you like to do. You've put far too much effort in over the last few years, and to not do the work at such a late stage would be a waste: of both your time and money.

Maybe you just need to take some time out and de-stress, go away somewhere for the weekend, do some exercise, go shopping or something, just to relax and take your mind off things.

Reply 8

pikaboo

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I agree with Joystar - it's always more motivating to have a goal to work towards, so look beyond uni when you'll see the practical rewards of hard work in whatever you decide to do :smile:

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