TL; DR: I went from an A/B student to getting D-Fs on every test I do. Grades dropping and i don't know how to force myself to do anything.
(not sure if this is the right subreddit) I'm in high school and was always a pretty good student, but this semester hit me hard. I lost all of my motivation to do any of my work at all. I'll get home and sit on my phone for hours and then end up starting my work at 11 or 12 at night, but then I'm tired and can't focus on it so I'll end up staying up til 2 or 3 am every night. I usually resort to just copying answer keys so I can go to bed, so I haven't caught on to anything this sem. I have no study skills and a huge lack of motivation to try to gain some. It seems like something I should be able to fix and in my head I'm like woah I have a lot of stuff to do, tests tomorrow, my GPA is bad and I'm stuck in a rut between "my grades keep going down what's the use in even doing anything" and like "i really have to do something about this". I'll sit down in a chair and not be able to force myself to get back up. I do think it is mainly lack of sleep, my phone, real low self esteem, maybe mental health I'm really not sure.. Even right now it's 3 am and I have a quiz tomorrow, test Friday in a class where i haven't caught on to anything this whole time, I have a low C- I think? It's not looking good. I just really can't figure out how to force myself to do something I don't want to, and I've fallen pretty far behind and don't know if I can even catch up. I don't think I'm depressed because i'm not very sad that much I just have a low self image and feel lost & stupid in school, I'm not gonna diagnose myself or anything I'm just rlly not sure. If my GPA drops below my car insurance's "good student discount" I think it's called, parents said I'm going to have to start paying the difference which is around $150-250 a month I believe? tbh I think that's pretty fair because I got myself into this mess probably should face that consequence but I don't know if I'll be able to do it. Even with all that looming over my head I just can't seem to force myself to do anything about it and I can't figure out why. I feel like a disappointment and I'm just stuck in a downward spiral. I want motivation so badly but am somehow not letting myself achieve it. (This turned out way too long and all over the place sry)
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