Giving up on my homework when it gets too hard
QUESTION: When I am trying to do my math homework and I get frustrated when I don't understand, I have negative thoughts like I can't do this or this is too hard and it makes me give up, and then I don't finish my homework. I want to get good grades so what can I do? ANSWER: We all have that annoying voice in our head sometimes that tells us things to stop us from succeeding especially when things feel hard. That is negative self-talk and if we don't believe we can do something we can choose to listen to that voice. When you listen to these negative thoughts it will demotivate you and stop you from having the patience to slow down and keep trying to understand and it makes you frustrated and anxious and lets you give up. So what can we do? We have to practice positive self-talk . It sounds like -"this is hard but I can do this", "I am smart and I can figure this out" or "I know if I take my time and don't get frustrated ...
Hi Miss Kim👋! I am in the 6th grade and recently I have been having anxiety attacks and I don't know why. So one example is right before my piano lesson, I started yelling, crying and refusing to do it and I think it was because I wasn't prepared and I didn't practice and even though my teacher said it was fine that I didn't practice I still refused so we had to reschedule. It also happened just yesterday before my physical therapy session but I think it was mainly because I was being lazy and I didn't want to do my exercises but I also wasn't done with my homework and I didn't want to stop and get off of my computer. I just want to let you know that I am VERY bad at transitioning. And you might be wondering if I have seen a counselor and the answer is, I have and it isn't comfortable for me to talk about personal stuff with people I don't really know. I have also talked to my doctor but she just recommends talking to counselors and I don't want to do that. It is okay if you don't know how to answer or how to help because I don't really like talking about it. Also I know this is a long question with lots of words but I want to thank you for having this page for us to ask questions and I think it is awesome that you read them and respond and try to help! It's okay if you can't help me because the reason it's so long is because I just needed to express how I feel and maybe get some help! Do you have any suggestions? (It's fine if you don't)
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Alexi