For weaken, my approach is that whatever answer choice I choose is one that the author cannot make a counterargument against. In other words, they would be defenseless. If they can argue with you about your choice, then you have chosen the wrong weakening point.

For strengthening, it is a matter of choosing an answer choice that would make the stimulus make sense and essentially make it complete.

Thank you for opening up, Katherine. You are not alone, and having skimmed through reddit I can assure you there are many in your situation. In fact, I was just discouraged like you a few months ago. I started my prep in April hoping to write the summer exam. However, my wife and I welcomed our first baby and so life really shock my resolve to wake up every morning and study. What I found however, was that because I had stopped studying altogether, that I had lost the motivation and therefore the grip on preparing. For that reason, I ended up reviewing my study plan, came up with a new one and ended up signing up with 7Sage. The bottom line is, that in addition to taking a much needed mental break, you need to develop a study plan with a new timeline to write the exam.

How you can regain your motivation oomph is simply achieving the daily goals of your larger study plan. This is not an easy journey, and as an immigrant who only did 4 years of school in English, I can assure you that you have a lot of advantages that many others considering the LSAT do not have. So, be kind to yourself and start doing some research about what your PS is going to be on- I promise you will connect all the dots and that research into your PS can serve as a driving force for why you want to go to law school and what you have to do to couple that PS with to put together a strong application. You can do it, and I believe the LSAT is a learnable exam!!!