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I think I understood from what you were writing earlier that you are working on your doctoral degree and writing papers required for your studies.  I was working on my doctoral degree when the depression hit and was not able to finish at that time.  However, if I were there I again, I think concentrating on each section of the paper would be beneficial.  Focus on the introduction, then the hypothesis, then the analysis, etc.  I don't know what kind of requirements your papers have - so I'm having to ad-lib a bit.  You seem to have the introduction in your head already.....it's getting it from there to paper.  You know about what you are writing; trust yourself and start typing.  Get a rough draft, an outline or the introductory paragraph written. 
Simplify the paper as if you were in earlier writing classes.  I propose A, B, C and then explain A, B and C, then summarize A, B, C and your conclusions- you can expand from there!.  You know as well as I the information is stored in one of those "file cabinets in your head".  Use what's up front first and then if you have to dig for it, do so.  I think you will find once you find a starting place and TRUST yourself - you'll do fine.  You didn't get where you are by not being able to write papers!  You can do it!  Set aside a specific time each day to write it may be after your parents are in bed.  It should be a time when you are most productive.  
 
I am hearing what you need to write through your explanations - put it on paper!  You can do it!  It'll be good!
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I'm looking especially in discovering new areas where organic agriculture may be implemented. The system should work on documentation and various textual info and try to find those areas.
Now I should find a little piece of this to write the paper.
 
The other paper should be on th progress I've made on Sentiment Analysis (no progress till now).
 
The big problem is that i have to write something in max 10 days. And I have not ideas. And still fighting with my parents in the office and I've lost 5 days doing stupid dvd's and cd's. And my parents also put pressure on me to finish this papers. but in the mean time they wouldn't let me.....

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breanne
oh I like that one ORGANIC  SMART COOKIE  STEW   too much!!!
 
Sheba,
I think I have come across some internet searches that do this.  I was looking for a Mood chart for Bipolar I.
 
Sorry for being a bit slow ... So your search now uses Stats and you think that another search method would give better results.  Only you have tried Gramatical analisys and that method was a disappointment.  What other options are there?
 
Does organic agriculture vary from one part of Europe to another like here in North America?  However, most who want their products to be help in high esteem will certify them according to the California standards - regardless of where the items are grown or produced. So if you have a well established standard, you might start your work from there?  Or see what is best known as a standard?  What do people consider the basis of comparison?
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Sheba,
 
Sometimes it helps if you just wait a few days, and let the ideas and thoughts stew in your mind. You will definitely come up with some great ideas. You can do it, you are a smart cookie!
Can you ask your prof for some ideas or for some help?
 
 
Breanne, Bilingual Health Educator
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Thank you all!
I am working on a system that should recognize witch post in a forum is a flame or not. It uses for now simple statistics on words and now I should try soime othet methods like grammatical annalisys. and for now the results are worse.
Then I should try to came with something for my other prof and this is really blank...
I should try to work on some data on Organic agriculture and try to extract some usefull information from various forums. But blank again....

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Hi Sheba,
 
would it help you if you told us a little about what you need to write ...
sometimes a conversation can get the creative process going.
And sometimes the questions of the ignornant can guide you in a whole new direction!
 
good luck.
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Hi Sheba,
 
I'm glad you have started your papers - good for you! When you said you became angry after the bad day and were then able to focus better, that seemed to be something you would do.  I think you have a very strong will and it just needs a "jump start" every now and again.  Let us know how things are going.
 
Best of luck with your writing!!
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Hello Sheba,
 
I am glad you managed to focus more today but sorry to hear you had a bad day.
 
I just wanted to stop by and say I know how you feel I get like that too. Hang in there, the others gave you some great advice!
 
Please keep us posted!
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I've managed to start thinking at tha papers. I don't know but was something natural after the bad day. Firstly I turned mad and that started to concentrate. Let'd hope that the worst has gone...
Thank you for all your adivices. I'will try to write down and to divide the problems.

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Hi Sheba,
 
Unfortunately this is a symptom of depression.  You are overwhelmed and when that happens the tendancy to want to shut down appears.  Thinking is difficult, putting anything into words is difficult and then there's the ability to accomlish anything.
 
I spent some time in shut down mode and am paying for it now.  When I'm overwhelmed I don't function logically and yet I may think I am at the time.  This is driving me crazy.  I am fighting not to have this happen but there are signs of it everyday and I must fight hard not to give in.  When I'm overwhelmed I try to identify if I can do anything about it then try to undertake the task in small steps.
 
Breanna is right it is the small steps that are helpful, because if I look at the big picture I am overwhelmed.
Hopefully this will help you get your papers finished

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