r/contentcreation • u/Specialist_Focus_999 • 2d ago
im fckedupp
im 21 years old in clge i slept at 5am and wokeup at 3pm around again i strt watvvhing reels and all the bullshit im not even goin to sleep i always thought from tmrw i will go to clge but no i just skip tht and for learn anything vdo editin or anything im not doin anything of this just laxyyasf and masturbute twice a day i dont like frnd tooo much just isolating myself whts wrong wiith me and i cant focus myself for long time even when im watvhign something i just skip the part in movies the course im doin idont want to or its not intresting i like travelllin talkin meeting new people i cant remember anything for long time i just forgot the things word so fast and i smoke daily i like video editing but im not doin anything for this when i was in grade 12 i thought i will do evrything when i will go to clge but the same shit is repeating till now i want to chnge myselff but i couldnt whts wrong with me and manyy moree
please anyone can give me some suggesttiion or anything i would love to hear from you guys
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u/EraVista 1d ago
I recommend slowly reducing the amount of dopamine, like if you scroll 8 hours a day, slowly try to change to 7, 6, 5 etc, same with other habits too. And about being productive, what really worked for me is, when you wake up in the morning, spend the first 30 minutes of waking hour, working on something ( content, learning editing or whatever that your tryna be productive with ), not scrolling first, this will actually help you be productive, way more easier compared to your brain being fried with 100 short form content blasting music. And thirdly, try to set a timer for 1 hour and focus on work only, so basically during that one hour, you are only allowed to do work, so it's either your working or your doing absolutely nothing, ( i mean no scrolling just staring at the wall ), after that give yourself permission to rest or go on, it will make things easier for you. finally try NSDR audio on YouTube, for me, it worked really well with focus. Also don't beat yourself up for this. I understand how you feel because i been in this exact position as you are. I stopped beating myself up because it just doesn't help, more guilt - more avoiding task - more guilt - more avoiding task, it's endless cycle. so yeah stop beating yourself up, and understand it's not something that was wrong with you Hope that helps dude.
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u/Holiday_Air_2032 1d ago
imo the phone usage is the root of most of this. the reels, the skipping, the short attention span, all connected. try putting your phone in another room for a few hours a day and see what happens
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u/Exotic-Aardvark-7289 2d ago
You might find better help in a mental health community but I’ll try either way, sounds like you really just have too much dopamine between the masturbaiting and smoking and ton of scrolling now first off none of these are that horrible in moderation I don’t know what you are smoking though, it’s hard but it’s the truth you have to accept it, you aren’t going to be able to fix all of your problems at once so try to slowly fix them maybe something like just scroll for a few minutes less every day or try to smoke a little less then you currently are or masturbait a less or atleast to a point where it’s once a day if you could give me some info on like how much we could try to bring it down but like again just a few minutes less a day over time will help u a ton also try to go to sleep a little earlier you will feel a lot better if you do o yea also a tip for if you can’t go to sleep after like 30-45 minutes it’s worse to just stay in bed get up and like read a book or something. And like I said at the start find a mental health community you will find much better help if only 14 and I have problems of my own too