My brain explodes from studying

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God I hate this situation. I really need to study, have to read!

I never had this before, since it is my 4th and final year of uni. I never intend to over study. I always read and try to rewrite without looking. However, when comes to studying for essay type exam papers. I have to keep rewriting in longer way than normal exam papers. My brain hurts so much in this way. I read, highlight the key features, twice. Then try to remember of what I highlighted (this part is when my brain exploded), and then check out what I missed, and final stage is to write a mini essay based on something you can remember. The final stage is when my brain calms down, but remembering part does not because it heated up my brain and tends to explode.

I never had memory problems, but for essay exams it hurts me too much. I don't want to fail, since this is my last year and I want it done so I don't get brain explosion again in my life. Arghh how to stop this explosion. This exam is on Thursday late afternoon. I want my brain not to explode during that 2hours of the paper.

Anyone else have similar situation? Isn't this aspie related? I thought we are all intelligent based on good memory? I can remember all of my passwords, usernames and s**t easily. But not essays! If it is no aspie, maybe I am dumb?

You just should have a little rest and not fix on thoughts that you MUST learn something... Just 3-4 hours without these thoughts and you'll be fine:)

I do have rests! I take like 10-15mins break in between topics. Brain quickly calm down in between but it exploding while I rewrite notes at stage of rememorizing it. I have no idea why I am an aspie and suck at memory

Maybe I am not an aspie? Maybe more of intellectual disorder or some disease?

Wow my brain is dead this morning. Had good solid 8 hours of sleep without problems. Now my thinking part of the brain is damaged! Its so painful! Wonder what kind of disease is this? Maybe I am not an aspie? How I got this disease from?

Sweet Pea hugs

I think you may suffer from overwork. Your brain need his rest.

I didn't over work at all! I only read like 2 or 3 hours a day. Is that over work?

Hope you have done well in your exam. I am in my 4th year of uni too and hope never to go through this again. I think you were overworking yourself in hours of study in big blocks. If you break the periods up into smaller study times then it could be less overwhelming.

I don't believe that you can only be aspie if you have a good memory. My memory is bad - I have to work at things a lot harder than others in order to remember them.

I don't work much at all. I take good rests. I read like an hour and then lesser each time because the words in my head repeats. Like I told you all in my previous post, this is second time I told this what I do. I never over study, never ever in my world.

I easily remember my computer passwords, personal detail usernames, car number plates, numbers like phones, street address, geographical location and that I am very good at this memory. But not studying for it :S Maybe its the context words confusing my memory up? I know what the context words do mean.