hey, I would like some help with my mental health, advice – really. I recently (8 months ago or so) have been very distracted and I have not been able to concentrate on anything, whether it be school work or personal activities. I can't stay still, I can't even focus on a movie, I can even freaking focus on something for more than 10 minutes. even when someone is talking to me I tend to drift away and think about something else, like when my sister was talking to me, I got distracted by my necklace then by food and cut her halfway to state that I was hungry. this has never happened to me before, I am suspecting adult ADHD but I'm not sure, I am going to try to seek professional help but idk. I have been having a hard time with school because of this and this has also severely made me more depressed, stressed and more prone to anxiety attacks. not only is my mental health a problem, but I am also getting pressured by my parents to get back on track with my studies as I used to get good marks when I wasn't so distracted and although my marks aren't bad now, they want me to go back to straight a's. But I just can't focus. no matter what. I have also had a fall out with my friends, well they were toxic and I removed them from my life but then they started spreading rumours about me and kinda destroyed many of the relationships I have with other students as well as teachers. I have been super depressed that I am thinking of smoking or doing something that takes away this pain that I am feeling but I am unable to share as my parents don't understand. it is just getting super overwhelming.
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I'm addressing this to both Max and Sandy... Distraction is a huge problem in this society (the U.S.A.). It's not just a subjective problem for individual human beings. Distraction is so much a part of this society that it impacts all aspects of living here in the U.S.A. There were much fewer distractions when I was growing up. I hope that whatever help Sandy gets, maybe she thinks about -- say -- ways not to use social media as much as she has in the past and even, somehow, cut down on accessing the internet. When I write non-fiction, I am usually writing about movies in general or about a specific movie and I have learned over the years that I need to have as few distractions as possible when I watch a movie -- whether it's in a movie theater or where I live...