Hello!
I repeatedly struggle with getting stuck on certain tasks. The most obvious example would be during an exam. I recently had a chemistry exam and came to a task where I got stuck. In this case it was actually because of it being unsolvable (some of the materials were missing). Due to it being unsolvable it was especially fatal for my time management and I ended up not finishing the rest of the exam. This happens a lot during exams, although I mostly struggle a bit less with the time than in this case since I actually do solve the challenging problem at one point, but it is still super annoying.
This phenomenon is also not limited to exams. It occurs in multiple aspects of my life and can be extremely debilitating. Whenever I’m not able to finish something or I don’t understand something fully, it gets stuck in my head for hours or even days, keeping me from focusing on other things.
Does anybody have advice on how to deal with that? Are there any strategies to avoid these loops? What are your experiences with that?