Hello! I am 18 and since I entered high school I have the feeling that my mental development has stalled. The summer before seventh grade, I met some people on the Internet. I found them to be very interesting and intelligent people, and I tried to look like them. I believe that this was the most wonderful and prosperous time of my life so far. I had started to think about more serious things, I was more tolerant, I was interested in ethical and political issues, I could defend my position and as a result I was happy with the person I was and I had self-confidence. When I entered high school, I moved to another city to study. Although my hometown was half an hour away, I was homesick and the first year I was not comfortable there at all. I was looking forward to going home to do the things that gave me pleasure. Not that there was anything wrong with the city, in which I lived - he was just a stranger to me. When I came home (in the city I am from) I stayed mostly in the room, as I had only 2 girlfriends from this city, and we studied with them in the same city and we were roommates, and I did not want to see them so often. I didn't go out because I was bored and I had fun the only way I know how the computer was. I watched videos on youtube all day - before that it helped me grow, I watched Ted talks, I learned English, I listened to a variety of music, I generally had a rich culture, but now I watched videos of people I followed, and they weren't many. educational, and they were just fun. So, over time, my desire to think about more serious issues stunted. I had more questions than answers - not that I couldn't find them if I wanted to, I just didn't know where to start and I didn't want to, I just wanted someone to introduce me. And so, for 2 years, I slowly and slowly stopped my brain from thinking and taught it to just take it blindly, without processing. I didn't have much interaction with people, I had to break my inaction. In 10th grade I met a boy. He wasn't as smart as he thought he was, but he still had some interesting ideas about the world and man. Friendship with him made me realize that I had stopped being different and joined everyone else. It saddened me a lot, but I showed a desire for knowledge again, but again I didn't know where to start, so I made sure to let things happen naturally, because I realized that I needed help, I would find it, someday. I'm in the end of 11th grade now and I'm still, I'm sorry, stupid. I felt my empathy increase and now I understand why people do the things they do, but in the last 2 months I realized that I don't do that well either. I have almost no interests anymore, and for those I have I do almost nothing. I'm stuck, and I don't want to be ignorant. I am writing to ask you how you came out of such a period. I will go to university soon, will this help? Thanks to everyone who read this long post. And for those who will try to help me, an additional "Thank you! “ which I have do almost nothing. I'm stuck, and I don't want to be ignorant. I am writing to ask you how you came out of such a period. I will go to university soon, will this help? Are there any interesting sites you visit to get information about the world that are not filtered by corporations like BTV? Thanks to everyone who has read this long post. And for those who will try to help me, an additional "Thank you! “ which I have do almost nothing. I'm stuck, and I don't want to be ignorant. I am writing to ask you how you came out of such a period. I will go to university soon, will this help? Are there any interesting sites you visit to get information about the world that are not filtered by corporations like BTV? Thanks to everyone who read this long post. And for those who will try to help me, an additional "Thank you! “ who will try to help me, an additional "Thank you! “ who will try to help me, an additional "Thank you! “
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Hello! I'm in exactly the same position as you ... at 18, at the end of 11th grade, completely demotivated. After seventh grade, I entered a nice language high school, but it's as if everything I've been learning since then has been ... forced. I feel crippled. Yes, that's the right word. And of course, no one is to blame. Most likely the problem is in me. Obviously I can't force myself ... but I have to, if I want to grow up to be an intelligent and successful person. "I have almost no interests anymore, and for those I have I do almost nothing. I'm stuck, and I don't want to remain ignorant." - Exactly the same position. I don't know how to get out of this hole. I have goals, I want to achieve different things ... But for example I go to school and as if from the day I enter there I feel like a person who is not good at anything, who is constantly wrong, but "SHOULD NOT". Funny isn't it? He is chasing some assessments ... based on insignificant things, such as whether he copied 12 analyzes of literature in order not to get 2ka. This is me ... And I'm not acting ... unfortunately. Whatever plan I make, I do not act on it. I don't want to see what happens next if I keep going. I know only one thing ... Children's curiosity and energy are the only ones that can take a person away. Thank you for the topic you wrote. I will wait for the comments. Thank you for the topic you wrote. I will wait for the comments. Thank you for the topic you wrote. I will wait for the comments.
Your writing is not at all of a person who is dull. I understand that you want to learn new things, ideas, probably to communicate with interesting people. If you can't access such a resource at the moment, do what you can, but what is important to you in general. For example, languages, sports, hobbies. The Internet is full of all kinds of information, even in entertainment videos. Search for interest groups on Facebook. When you become a student you will have even greater opportunities. Whoever wants, finds a way.
I have had such a period and I came across videos of anonymous people, I strongly recommend you to look at them plus books ... any, every book is a treasure
Great topic! I'm signing up to watch! Otherwise, I feel the same way ... I read the news, mainly in the BBC application, don't just understand news politically, there are from a to z. I also read books on various topics, they are often not artistic, I choose from goodreads, a person is very well oriented there. I follow several channels on YouTube, my favorite is crash course. However, everything I've listed so far requires English, I hope you know. But to tell you that you realized so early is great, at times I find myself blunting for days, sometimes weeks in front of a series, in the middle of alcohol ...
It is written - educational, from educate, form is another word. The brain is a muscle, when you use it, it develops. When not ... you remember. The greatest indicator of intelligence is curiosity. Be curious about new things. Enrich your general culture. This stupidity, as comical as it sounds, I'm sure it's just a movie you've made. There are thousands of ways to develop your brain, just a desire to have.
You have a very intelligent statement that sounds mature for your age. You use words that I'm sure a large percentage of your peers haven't even heard of. Definitely your "condition" cannot be called stupidity. Rather, you are in a moment of personal "eclipse" and it is good that you are aware of it. Communicate with many different people and read many books on different topics. In my opinion, these are the best ways you can compare your own perceptions with those of others. This automatically causes the brain to work at full speed and to sift through the information provided to it. Information sites and news, I have not visited and watched for a long time, at least not to find out about more global events. For myself, I thought it was best because almost every article is presented as a fact - something which automatically stops mental activity and instills other people's beliefs. The university will help you a lot, because there communication with people is at a completely different level from school. Visit the library regularly, do not bison, but try to understand the material you are studying. Do not take anything heard or read for granted. Do your own research and analysis of the questions that interest you until you come to the answer that satisfies you. Get into arguments more often, but with intelligent and educated people from whom you know you have something to learn. The argument between two people, on a normal intellectual level, can be quite interesting and educational. This is my recommendation to you - read books and communicate with people! Don't make the mistake of isolating yourself and looking only at your plate. The world is colorful, so are people.
Look now, the main goal of the education system is to prepare as many workers as possible - people who will have the attitude throughout their active life to work for someone and, accordingly, to be obedient, submissive, executive, decent. This means people without particularly big dreams, without particularly big goals, without interests in this and that. With the only desire for a purely domestic survival. The system has no use for you to develop as individuals, to find out what your real 'I' is .. or at least for this to happen only when you become 40 or more, for example ... and you are already at home, married, if possible with loans ... if only she had hooked you .. You alone must find a way to withstand the psychological pressure that is exerted on you - by not stopping to dream and by constantly looking for ways to make your dreams come true, by setting goals related to them - with what interests you, and to achieve your goals. As you are not afraid of failure - do not stop trying, trying. What the system does through the evaluation - rewards the good one and crushes the one who is not an excellent student. In fact, the truth is that no one is stupid. (just to add that it is not my goal to speak against the excellent ones) It's just that everyone has different qualities, everyone has some talents (and by talents I don't mean specific singing or playing the instrument, but everything you can think of .. and you don't remember ...). There are very few people who are really happy to spend most of their active lives as novices to someone, but you see that they are the majority => the system has done its job. number 4 is on the right track - now and if you set goals (but for things which are really close to his heart) and he works on them .. great. And one more thing - do not follow the mind of this, this, these and those. Do things at your own discretion. Always listen to yourself. Do not put anyone on a pedestal, because everyone is just a person.