jnv
Well-Known Member
Hi there,
I'd like to know if people here have experienced problems related to concentration while they regularly PMO.
I've had problems whenever I needed to understand intricate texts or whenever I had to make structured summaries about them. Whenever I learn something (e.g.: legal concept in my case) brand new at school, I have a really hard time understanding it right away and applying it on the spot. I'll usually need some extra time to force myself to concentrate even more to be able to do what seems to be very easy for others. The best way to express what I experience is this: At law school, we often have cases law (on average between 10-30 pages) to read during the lesson and then one of the student is designated to make a summary of the facts and the decision of the Court. What I feel while reading is that I tend to forget what I read in the previous pages which makes it difficult to express myself in a structured way. So in order not to lose track of what I read, I take notes, which I use if I'm the one being asked to summarize the text. I still manage to do it, but I'm not as structured and cleared as I would like to be. Maybe that's what some call brain fog? I don't know.
Now, that's not something insurmountable because I still managed to ace all of my exams last year, but it's really tiring on the long term and I'm asking myself if there wasn't a link between both of my addictions (PMO and video game) and concentration.
I'm 560+ days video games free (I used to spend 15+ hours/day competing on MMOs on the international stage with many aspects in my real life getting affected by it) and then I stopped cold turkey. I was still still PMO'ing at the time but yet I saw some improvement regarding concentration. So that's quite promissing and positive.
What I'd like to know is if there are people who have seen improvement regarding concentration problems after long P(MO)-free periods. Is this concentration problem what some people call "brain fog"?
I'd like to know if people here have experienced problems related to concentration while they regularly PMO.
I've had problems whenever I needed to understand intricate texts or whenever I had to make structured summaries about them. Whenever I learn something (e.g.: legal concept in my case) brand new at school, I have a really hard time understanding it right away and applying it on the spot. I'll usually need some extra time to force myself to concentrate even more to be able to do what seems to be very easy for others. The best way to express what I experience is this: At law school, we often have cases law (on average between 10-30 pages) to read during the lesson and then one of the student is designated to make a summary of the facts and the decision of the Court. What I feel while reading is that I tend to forget what I read in the previous pages which makes it difficult to express myself in a structured way. So in order not to lose track of what I read, I take notes, which I use if I'm the one being asked to summarize the text. I still manage to do it, but I'm not as structured and cleared as I would like to be. Maybe that's what some call brain fog? I don't know.
Now, that's not something insurmountable because I still managed to ace all of my exams last year, but it's really tiring on the long term and I'm asking myself if there wasn't a link between both of my addictions (PMO and video game) and concentration.
I'm 560+ days video games free (I used to spend 15+ hours/day competing on MMOs on the international stage with many aspects in my real life getting affected by it) and then I stopped cold turkey. I was still still PMO'ing at the time but yet I saw some improvement regarding concentration. So that's quite promissing and positive.
What I'd like to know is if there are people who have seen improvement regarding concentration problems after long P(MO)-free periods. Is this concentration problem what some people call "brain fog"?