Im a junior rn and i have a problem. Freshman year i was super confident in my skills as a student but for some reason all that went away fall semester of sophmore year. I began seeing every assignment and exam as impossible for me to overcome and myself as lazy and dumb. No matter how hard i study or how good I do I write it all off as luck or the professor being an easy grader. But on the other side of the coin every time i do subpar on an assignment compared to how i think i should have done I use that as validation for my toxic thinking.

Ive gotten better about not thinking this way but when things pick up for a week or so it creeps back into me. I think it becomes a self-fullfilling prophecy as well since when i get pull into this negativity I can focus at all and nothing sinks in while i work or study.

Any idea on how to get back into the positive mindset and confidence i had freshman year?