Comments on: Help! My College Student Wants to Drop Out of College!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:09:31 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Linda. I hope that some of the information here on College Parent Central is helpful to you and to your grandson. Sometimes taking a break is necessary, but it is important that your grandson have a plan for what he will do while he is out of school and when he will consider returning to school. Knowing that he has family support will be helpful. Good luck to you all.

By: Linda Cronk

Linda Cronk — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:59:02 +0000

I am the grandmother of 1 of my boys wanting to drop out of college for awhile. his father is very layed backed and lets his son make his own discision, he thinks that Brock only needs a short break because, he feels that Brock is doing and feeling like he did after high school. very unsure of them selfs, low self asteam problem with people they dont know and not sure how to just jump into a new surrounding. your web site is a great one for how to handle this, and i and my son and grandson will use this site to get Brock on the right track. i need to know more about the SD exposure, please give me some information if possible… again Thanks

By: L K Tucker

L K Tucker — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:53:03 +0000

There is something not mentioned in your blog article, Subliminal Distraction exposure. SD is a normal feature in the physiology of sight explained in first semester psychology. Forty years ago it was found to cause mental breaks for office workers in “special circumstances.”

College students are at high risk for this problem since they spend long hours studying or using a computer. That makes them knowledge workers just like office workers. When study is done where there is detectable repeating movement in peripheral vision you have created those “special circumstances.”

This incorrect workspace design allows your brain to subliminally detect threat-movement while you engage full mental investment. That should normally cause a vision startle reflex. But you can learn to consciously ignore this movement, so the startle will stop, allowing you to continue working. But you cannot “stop seeing” anything in your vision field. The repeating failed attempts to trigger the startle reflex will eventually color thought and reason.

Because of the way your brain subliminally detects threat-movement this exposure is not detectable by the victim. It is invisible, silent, painless.

VisionAndPsychosis.Net, a seven year investigation of Subliminal Distraction, has many cases where students suddenly altered behavior. In a few cases it can be shown they created the failed workstation design. News reports do not gather information about SD so that information is limited.

The cubicle was designed to deal with this KNOWN problem by 1968. But no school warns students or provides Cubicle Level Protection for study areas or computer workstations.

If your student suddenly wants to drop college have them visit my site and examine their activities for SD exposure.