Some folks with attention deficits can focus well enough in stimulating environments but have inordinate difficulty focusing on tasks that are rote or mundane and require sustained attention. Some of the possible reasons for your difficulties can include: Attention-sustaining problems. That’s why it would be in your and your family’s best interest to seek out an evaluation by a mental health professional experienced in such issues. Is this just me being lazy or is there something more? Psychologist’s Replyīecause there could be so many underlying reasons for your quandary, it’s not possible to make an accurate assessment from such a distance. I want to do better but I just can’t seem to make myself work harder. Then, when I get my report card, I look at the grades and just cry myself to sleep. Still, when I get home from school I just can’t make myself do the work. But in reality I do care - I hate myself for not doing the work. My teachers ask me why I don’t do my homework and I tell them I just don’t care anymore. I seem to do well on all of the tests, but when I get home from school and I have to do my homework, I just can’t make myself do it. I’m in high school and would consider myself to have above average intellect.

I usually do my homework