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| atama warui Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 4512 days ago 594 posts - 985 votes  Speaks: German*, English, Japanese | Message 1 of 9 19 April 2012 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello,
has anyone ever had the problem of being stuck with what feels like sore muscles? I'm currently going through this phenomenon. I've been solely learning vocab since January, while doing my daily socializing in my TL. My ability to express myself clearly has improved thanks to now having a lot more words at my disposal (around 4000 more since January), but lately, I feel it's becoming increasingly difficult to get more into my head. As if my brain was "satiated", as opposed to me being "starved to death" when I started my aggressive expansion. I wonder how to escape this trap. P.S.: I'm not so sure if this would have better been posted in the Advice Forum; it's clearly asking for advice. Then again, this might also be a general phenomenon, in which case the General Forum would not be a bad place for this topic.. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6431 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 2 of 9 20 April 2012 at 7:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Do you mean muscle aches in the literal sense, or is this some kind of figurative expression that I'm not understanding?
If you mean it literally, then yes, I've had the same problem. I think part of it was do to stress, but a large part was do to sitting around reading or sitting at my computer all day studying, reading this forum, etc. The solution is exercise. I found that strength training helped a lot. Wear your muscles out to the point where they are too tired to cramp up. Of course, you will have sore muscles in the beginning, but after a week or too, it starts to get better. I work out for about an hour four times a week or so, and I haven't had any problems with cramps since about a week after I started. I think it also helps with concentration. Maybe it is the increased blood flow to the brain, or maybe your brain just needs a break doing something mindless, but whatever it is, it does help. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| nway Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/Vic Joined 5226 days ago 574 posts - 1707 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 3 of 9 20 April 2012 at 8:18am | IP Logged | ||
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I think he/she was speaking metaphorically...
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| atama warui Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 4512 days ago 594 posts - 985 votes Speaks: German*, English, Japanese | Message 4 of 9 20 April 2012 at 10:56am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, this was meant metaphorically. :)
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| SueK Groupie United States Joined 4562 days ago 77 posts - 133 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 5 of 9 20 April 2012 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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The brain is a muscle and is subject to similar issues as any other muscle. If you don't challenge it, it gets out of shape, if you over use it, it needs a rest.
I think physical excersize helps with this alot, because it increases blood flow to the brain, allowing that muscle to function better. I'm going sit on my couch and contemplate this for awhile...... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6754 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German | Message 6 of 9 20 April 2012 at 5:01pm | IP Logged | ||
It seems self-evident that you need a break of some sort, not from the language itself, but from whatever vocabulary-cramming activity you've been engaged in (SRS?). Think of it as a period of consolidation of the vocabulary you've learned over the last few months. Just enjoy using the language for a while, which should be easy with all this new knowledge, but don't cram new vocabulary. You'll know if and when it's time to get back. Edited by frenkeld on 20 April 2012 at 5:10pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| en.fr.es Triglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4416 days ago 15 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 7 of 9 20 April 2012 at 7:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think I suffer from something similar actually. I think I have been going a bit mad
with vocab learning and SRS (easily a few hours a day) and have forgotten why we learn languages in the first place- to use them! I like frenkeld's advice of easing of the SRSing for a while and enjoying yourself (watching series and game shows in French, watching French football and listening to music for me). This will of course still be helping my language skills and as frenkeld put it consolidating the new vocab I have learnt :) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| atama warui Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 4512 days ago 594 posts - 985 votes Speaks: German*, English, Japanese | Message 8 of 9 20 April 2012 at 7:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks. I will try some speaking drills and watch series on TV for a while, only doing my repetitions when words are due.
Also, the "physical activity" advice seems quite nice. I can imagine going for a walk while doing whatever related to learning will be useful. Thank you. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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