Stuck on details instead of seeing the whole picture.

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I understand you perfectly Rebbieh. I had exactly the same problem in exactly the same area.

I wanted to learn in detail the specifics of the pathways in the cell, and it took up a lot of my time. It wasn't enough to simply know that a molecule "turned" into another molecule. I had to know why, or else it would just be mindless memorisation of words. It had to MAKE SENSE in my head, so I had to learn the chemical structure of each molecule and how it turned into another molecule, and why, and under which conditions. Even then I felt like there was not enough detail and that I should have probably taken up chemistry, lol.

Later on I learned how to stop being so hung up on details at uni. I just decided to be a mindless drone and learn exactly what the professor expected us to learn, so I only memorised the names of things. It was frustrating and it made me hate uni. I was aching to get into depth on something and to solve some problems, but there were none to solve unless I was to spend all of my time on things that would cause me to fail.

I am able to spot errors in architecture/art/music in an instant, and to discern the subtlest of parts. This is good. Often I can get a glimpse of the whole of something by examining a single part. This is good, too. I've been like this since I was very little: highly sensate and highly intuitive.

BUT, when I am trying to write a paper, or music, or whatever, I get stuck on every detail, and it clogs up the works like a heart attack. This is bad. In daily life and tasks I always get unfocused by little things. This is also bad. I end up completely, frozen, frustrated, and all I know how to do to relieve the pain is to sleep.

It's just horribly painful.