After focusing on hours of hw, has this happened to you?

elcyclista
elcyclista Posts: 393
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Hey guys. :] So today I was working on homework since I woke up at 10 am ish. I did all my linear algebra homework in 2 hours. Took a short break, and continued doing homework in another subject after lunch. After 2 more hours I got ready for work. After the homework though I felt very tense. My jaw muscles or muscles were so tense that it felt so hard to even talk. I felt like I couldn't get my brain out of homework mode. My brain felt like it was focused very hard on only a single thing at a time and at work it was so hard to switch from one thing to another, or conversate with customers fluidly. It's almost like either a part of my brain didn't want to function properly or I was hyper-focusing at individual things at a time. After a couple hours this usually wears out. Even after exams I sometimes feel a bit like this, but not as bad as after hours of homework.

Is this common with anyone else or has anyone experienced this? What do you think it is?

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  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    You need to stimulate the other side of your brain. Play a mindless video game for a few minutes between and after homework.
  • TheRealParisLove
    TheRealParisLove Posts: 1,907 Member
    Do you take study pills? They tend to make a person really good at studying but also create social dysfunction or a reduction in emotional intelligence, esp. with long term use.

    *FYI, conversate is not a word. The English verb infinitive for engaging in conversation is: to converse. Of course, I suck at linear algebra, so I guess everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses.
  • elcyclista
    elcyclista Posts: 393
    No study pills. I never tried those. Just a cup or coffee in the morning.

    I was unsure about the word also, so I looked it up on the dictionary and found it there. XD I thought, "well if it's in the dictionary it should be fine to use, right?" haha.
  • elcyclista
    elcyclista Posts: 393
    English majors must find me extremely annoying. XD
  • gooellie
    gooellie Posts: 39
    Do you take study pills? They tend to make a person really good at studying but also create social dysfunction or a reduction in emotional intelligence, esp. with long term use.

    *FYI, conversate is not a word. The English verb infinitive for engaging in conversation is: to converse. Of course, I suck at linear algebra, so I guess everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses.

    actually conversate is a word i was watching judge jJudy and they looked it up! its a part of 2011's new words fyi
  • TheRealParisLove
    TheRealParisLove Posts: 1,907 Member
    It (conversate) is a word best avoided for academic reasons. I saw it in dictionary.com, but it was only acknowledged as slang for converse. Irregardless is also a word that has been in common usage since the 1920's, but is basically a nonsense word since the ir- prefix reverses the meaning of the word it precedes. (ex. irregular or irresponsible)

    I'm not an English major, I'm a business major. But writing is a huge part of business and the writing has to be spot on or no one will take a business person seriously.

    I'm just surprised to see college students use a word like conversate, is all.It is generally considered part of the language of the uneducated person, not a college student.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    I haven't done homework for years (I'm 34) but I have a BA, an MA and a PGCE (British postgrad teaching qualification), so I've been there, done that! Also, as a teacher I spend a lot of time planning lessons, creating resources, and marking exercise books.

    I find sometimes that if I spend a few hours working without a break my head just feels a bit fuzzy and I feel a bit out of it. The only thing that makes me feel better is to go outside and get some fresh air.

    The best thing to do is make sure you take breaks, but I know what it's like, sometimes you just want to get it all done.
  • elcyclista
    elcyclista Posts: 393
    I'll make note of it when speaking formally, writing a technical report or giving a speech thanks.

    So it's not uncommon it seems. I guess I should take longer breaks in between or something right?

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