Omg, the test is when??

Is it totally weird and just me, or do very many people find that as test time approaches, their ability to concentrate and learn material seems to decrease? Apparently, I have been plagued with the curse that as the test day approaches, I am motivated to study less, and less.

It must be a psychological thing. Something along the lines of: I'm scared of the test and therefore I wish I could put it off. Studying means I'm actually confronting the test and preparing for it. Not studying would be pushing it away and believing it doesn't really exist. Or something.

Sometimes I get freaked out by talking to other people. This isn't necessarily because I don't know the information, but somehow, my brain doesn't "click" as fast as theirs so by the time they've already moved on to the next bit of information or whatever, I'm still trying to decipher whatever they just said. And then after getting freaked out, I supposed studying scares me.

Not that I don't WANT to study. Studying is good. But then I look at my notes and flashcards, and 30 minutes later, I realize that I have not studied anything at all. Wonderfully productive, isn't it?

First test on Friday!

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What I'm studying now: Abductor pollicis longus