Failing my classes because no girl is interested in me, help
The OP is not failing literally because of a lack of a girlfriend, but the depression and loneliness of being single is killing his motivation to study and do well.
I can understand and relate. Usually, what I do is just remind myself that it will happen eventually.
Just keep in mind the female thought process is different.
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I can understand and relate. Usually, what I do is just remind myself that it will happen eventually.
It also might be the combination of his sex drive AND the external pressure he feels to get a girlfriend to prove to other people that he can. I really get sick and tired of society putting this kind of pressure on people! It distracts them from being productive and makes them feel needlessly inadequate and precludes them from enjoying the hear and now.
Say to hell with women. You're letting your life be ruined by some phantom that doesn't even exist.
Live for yourself. Believe in yourself. Focus on making yourself the best you can be, so one day YOU can be the choosy one, YOU can make THEM pursue YOU.
Because the power women have are fleeting. Beauty fades. Intelligence, success is far longer. Be the best you can be, focus on being happy with yourself. Assume you will live alone forever, and focus on how to be the happiest in this situation.
Don't let ANYONE mess with your life, especially some figment.
Hey look on the bright side, if you fail, girls will think you're dumb and they'll be all over you!
That's a very ret*d thing to say. If a guy fails, girls won't think he's "dumb", they'll just think he's a loser. The poster above you gave sagacious advice. Try it sometime(too).
Sit down, point your eyes toward your course materials, and keep them pointed there until the content of such stays in your brain.
You are failing because you are choosing not to do that, not because of what girls are or are not interested in.
Comments like this are very common from the women here on WP and it makes me wonder...........Do women believe in free will more so than men do? It sure seems like it despite the fact that I have no data to back it up. You sure don't seem to know squat about the basic workings of the human mind.
Staring at your written course materials while you're distracted by other things is almost analogous to a computer getting *locked up*. The mental process required to focus and think about those course materials is on hold and sitting there in queue while the obsession is locked in and cannot be halted until certain conditions are met. It's a vicious cycle and a neurological feedback loop. JanuaryMan speaks the truth that this kind of obsession is at a critical time in your life where it could ruin your future by causing you to flunk out!
Look, I've managed in the past to get a postgraduate degree, with a high GPA, while being near-suicidal with pain, so don't give me that "you just don't know what it's like" crap.
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Anti-Depressants only work as a temporary "crutch" for dealing with that emotional pain. Eventually after a while, they start to lose their effects. I've found out that dealing with my episodes of those thoughts is talking it out. Sure, there have been times where it fells as if I sound like a broken record to people, and I've even mentioned that to people before, but they were usually chill about it and were open to what I had to say. You've gotta talk to people you trust that will listen with an open mind.
Sit down, point your eyes toward your course materials, and keep them pointed there until the content of such stays in your brain.
You are failing because you are choosing not to do that, not because of what girls are or are not interested in.
Comments like this are very common from the women here on WP and it makes me wonder...........Do women believe in free will more so than men do? It sure seems like it despite the fact that I have no data to back it up. You sure don't seem to know squat about the basic workings of the human mind.
Staring at your written course materials while you're distracted by other things is almost analogous to a computer getting *locked up*. The mental process required to focus and think about those course materials is on hold and sitting there in queue while the obsession is locked in and cannot be halted until certain conditions are met. It's a vicious cycle and a neurological feedback loop. JanuaryMan speaks the truth that this kind of obsession is at a critical time in your life where it could ruin your future by causing you to flunk out!
Look, I've managed in the past to get a postgraduate degree, with a high GPA, while being near-suicidal with pain, so don't give me that "you just don't know what it's like" crap.
Different strokes for different folks. Besides, depression and pain is not the same as having an obsession that blocks you from concentrating. So spare me the "well I did this and that and if I can do it anyone can do it!". There's more to your story and we both know that; but IDC to find out more as it's beside the point and clearly not going to help this guy.
Sit down, point your eyes toward your course materials, and keep them pointed there until the content of such stays in your brain.
You are failing because you are choosing not to do that, not because of what girls are or are not interested in.
Comments like this are very common from the women here on WP and it makes me wonder...........Do women believe in free will more so than men do? It sure seems like it despite the fact that I have no data to back it up. You sure don't seem to know squat about the basic workings of the human mind.
Staring at your written course materials while you're distracted by other things is almost analogous to a computer getting *locked up*. The mental process required to focus and think about those course materials is on hold and sitting there in queue while the obsession is locked in and cannot be halted until certain conditions are met. It's a vicious cycle and a neurological feedback loop. JanuaryMan speaks the truth that this kind of obsession is at a critical time in your life where it could ruin your future by causing you to flunk out!
Look, I've managed in the past to get a postgraduate degree, with a high GPA, while being near-suicidal with pain, so don't give me that "you just don't know what it's like" crap.
Different strokes for different folks. Besides, depression and pain is not the same as having an obsession that blocks you from concentrating. So spare me the "well I did this and that and if I can do it anyone can do it!". There's more to your story and we both know that; but IDC to find out more as it's beside the point and clearly not going to help this guy.
When you're obsessing over the thing that's caused said pain, the two situations aren't all that dissimilar.
I never said it was easy. It's really, really difficult to do.
However, once you get past the first few distracting thoughts, it gets easier.
Even if you can only make yourself focus for 5 minutes, that's a start. Try for 10 next time.
Or, you could take the easy option and curl up into a little ball every time you feel bad. That way, you'll fail at college, and you still won't have a girlfriend. I'm sure that two sucky situations will be much better than one.
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...AND be deep in debt for the college you're paying for but not studying at.
Yeah, agree with what someone said about having a GF being a distraction. If your peers are having success with the girls it might be at the expense of their grades (doing more partying and hooking up than studying). Same with the girls, they're probably partying and failing just as much.
Things can be a total distraction for me even if I have a crush let alone a boyfriend. Maybe the OP's depression is over one girl (or a few) in particular instead of all girls in general, I dunno. The OP seemed too vague for me to react to.
If you have an obsession with sex or girls, that may be an indicator of depression, OCD, a thought disorder, or some other issue that may be treatable with medication. My own problems with sexual obsession improved dramatically when I got proper treatment for OCD. If the obsession is strong enough to prevent you from functioning, the likelihood of some underlying condition is especially high.
When you're obsessing over the thing that's caused said pain, the two situations aren't all that dissimilar.
I never said it was easy. It's really, really difficult to do.
However, once you get past the first few distracting thoughts, it gets easier.
Even if you can only make yourself focus for 5 minutes, that's a start. Try for 10 next time.
Or, you could take the easy option and curl up into a little ball every time you feel bad. That way, you'll fail at college, and you still won't have a girlfriend. I'm sure that two sucky situations will be much better than one.
Actually, they are. This sounds like a bunch of a hard nosed populist bullsh*t. You cannot assume that his brain works the way yours does so STFU.
It's called "Sarcasm", AR. It sometimes works better at getting the message through when reason and logic have failed.
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The answer is obvious....you need to detach yourself from women and focus on your school work. Why do you want to be with women who are immature anyways?
The problem is you're the type who is caught up in what you DON'T have and can't appreciate what you DO have. Say you do hook up with a girl, will that necessarily solve the problem? Probably not, seeing that now you have baggage that comes with a relationship plus you'll then probably be like "Well my girlfriend is not as hot or as smart or as fun as everyone else's" because nothing is good enough for you.
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It's really hard to be alone, if your not the type of person who likes being alone.
The advice being given is MUCH harder to execute than to give.
I would offer one thing, a lot of these dumb s**ts will eventually fail out of life, and end up on the welfare or under employed, and full of baby mamma drama and eventually a majority of the girls will get over their fascination with dumb s**ts and then they will come looking for the smart guys.
