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Concentrating
I don't know why but I've recently became very sensitive to the slightest noise when I'm studying. Whenever I study, I want my environment to be purely quiet; to the point where I can hear crickets in my ear.
Everytime when I study, my ears will listen out for any little noise that's made. I'll keep anticipating any noise that I will hear and that's bad!! Can someone help me with this problem? I really can't live with this because I really have to get down to business and start concentrating on my work.
Pls don't tell me to use white noise or radio. I need psychological-type and not physical-type of advice, if you know what i mean.
I'd really appreciate any help, bcos I desperately need it.
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Many many people have this problem including myself at times. Honestly, lots and lots of people in the world need complete quiet to study. It is very hard to psychologically get over something the way you want to even if you talk with a professional about it. You already know that you have a problem so anything that we say to you you've already said to yourself in your head and it hasn't worked. It's not going to work coming from us either. Any type of psychological advice will be absolutely useless to you unless you spend a lot of money seeing a shrink, which is absolutely unnecessary. You don't have to make this into a psychological problem. People that have trouble studying with background noise, don't let it affect their lives by changing the environment, not their minds. The more you try to "fix" your mind, the worse it will get. It'll fix itself just as quickly with a ton of effort as it would with absolutely no effort on your part. What you need to do is accept your problem and find a way to deal with it. You could go outside and sit in the car or listen to loud music through headphones. I would suggest going all out and actually buying a pair of noise cancelling headphones that won't let any sounds get into your ears and use those when you study. You know, like the headphones people use when they mow the lawn and stuff. No sound is getting through those. You wouldn't even have to listen to any music. There's really no reason to work hard to eliminate the source of the problem if you can just eliminate the problem itself. Whether you change your attitude about your problem or not, the problem will still be there. Just find the best way to live with it. Good luck.
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Stop anticipating the sound first of all. Get to work and don't even think about it. What might help to not think about the sound is have someting to munch on like carrots or something healthy- brain food. When you're doing your work, whether it is reading or math read it out loud... the math problem or the paragraph because it will help you focus more and that will be the main sound around you.
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When you hear something, don't concentrate on it. Just shrug your shoulders & go back to what you were doing, or get your Ipod out & listen to that. Music can be distracting to some people, but I use it & it helps me get my work done faster.
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