<p>I am a bright individual, or I like to think am a bright individual, but I have a huge problem - laziness. </p>
<p>My type of laziness is not normal though. I find myself sitting around all day surfing the internet, going on adult sites, gaming, and never doing homework. </p>
<p>I have gone almost 2 weeks without doing any school work, and I have only gone 3 out of the past 5 days to school. </p>
<p>Often times, I am too lazy to shower or brush my teeth or exercise. I rarely hang out with my friends anymore because I am too lazy to leave my desk. </p>
<p>I have managed perfect grades, but that is only because I am an extremely gifted testtaker and because my school is just easy. I have a lot of difficulty reading because my attention drifts after a few minutes, and I have to try to finish tests extremely fast before my attention starts drifting.</p>
<p>I try to pretend that I am diligent in front of others, but this laziness has been going on since the start of middle school. I want to get rid of these lazy habits. </p>
<p>How do others manage to deal with problems like laziness? Are there any drugs that make you more diligent or help you focus?</p>
<p>Make exercise a daily habit--even if it's just for 30 minutes. Set limits for computer time. Best tip I can give you is, Leave the house!! Go to the library, to a cafe, anything</p>
<p>After that, set a strict schedule for yourself. Include things like brushing your teeth, packing your backpack, making and eating your meals, and everything else. You can alter the details of the schedule daily depending on how much homework you have, whether you have a family dinner, or whether you have a school event to attend. Make yourself follow the schedule. If you want, give it your parents or tape a copy on the fridge so that other people can help you. </p>
<p>I agree with Mallomar--include some form of exercise. I would suggest a team sport because you'll meet people and hopefully the competition will motivate you, but if you want to run you could even set goals for how long you want to be able to run or how quickly. I agree that you need to set limits for computer time. Try to study at the kitchen table or at the library so that your computer won't tempt you at your desk. You may want to consider getting a journal and just jotting down everything you've done during the day; you aren't going to feel good if all you have to write down is sitting in front of the computer. </p>
<p>Go to the bookstore and find books that keep you engaged, and include personal reading time in your schedule. You've probably trained yourself to not like reading and become bored quickly, so try to find exciting books to read to start out with. After that try moving on to studying subjects that interest you independently. I think you need motivation, so having goals may help keep you active. </p>
<p>Think about what you want to do with your life, even general things are OK. Then, whenever you want to spend more time on the computer even though you know you shouldn't, think about what the best use of your time is. I'll give you a hint, gaming isn't it. </p>
<p>If you actually want to get past this, you're going to have to force yourself out of your habits and do things sometimes that you don't feel like doing. I think you really need to change your daily schedule and habits so that you get out of this rut.</p>
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<p>All computer-related, it seems. You need to sell your computer. The problems you speak of will end and you will still be able to do whatever you need on the school's computers. You will be forced to go outside out of sheer boredom and you'll get back in the habit of wanting to be active.</p>
<p>Sell the computer and get a part time job. Working gives a sense of accomplishment as well as a check that you earned. Your parents let you get away with this?</p>
<p>You should see a doctor especially if this is a relatively new development. There are certain medical conditions that have this effect, including thyroid issues. IT could also be a mood disorder as well. Exercise, is considered very helpful in situations like yours, by the way, along with a balanced diet and regular sleep.</p>
<p>"Often times, I am too lazy to shower or brush my teeth or exercise. I rarely hang out with my friends anymore because I am too lazy to leave my desk."</p>
<p>are some of the most common signs of adolescent depression.</p>
<p>Computer addiction is a growing trend. Some of the brightest UGs have been known to fall apart in college. You really need supervision to keep you off of computer. You may need medication to help you thru the first few days, because you may feel withdrawal effects e.g. anxiety.</p>
<p>I'm glad you posted here, but you need hands on help.</p>
<p>I recommend creating to-do lists and very detailed/strict schedules, as mentioned above.</p>
<p>I have to admit that I'm a procrastinator and I have wasted saturdays doing nothing but thinking about what I have to do and not doing it, then getting together with friends and telling them what I have to do and having procrastination parties...yea...weird i kno.</p>
<p>But I find that whenever I start procrastinating (either with friends or with the computer), the list thing really works. When its all planned out and written down, I feel like I get some motivation for checking off those tasks!</p>
<p>I could not recommend the schedule tip more!</p>
<p>Another idea would be to ask your parents to put monitoring software on your computer. They would be able to check it and see screen shots of what you'd been doing on the computer. Maybe the fear of your parents seeing what you were doing would be enough to keep you on the straight and narrow.</p>