Hey guys, I'm really stumped on how to address this issue. I could spend days doing nothing but looking into a single topic and I end up coming away feeling like I haven't retained any of it. It's really demoralising putting the time in. I know I could always put a lot more time into things to *really* make them stick, but it doesn't feel like I should be forgetting as much as I am as it is.

It feels like a very stressful ordeal even approaching it - I notice myself chewing the hell out of my nails as like, an immediate response to studying. It feels like I'm not learning anything, and then that time is wasted. I end up spiralling and start to feel like I'll never be able to pursue anything or improve my life in any meaningful way as a result, which only makes the future bleak.

Can anyone help?