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Viewing Tips to Improve Your Memory and Eliminate Test AnxietyTips to Improve Your Memory and Eliminate Test Anxiety
By Alan B. Densky If you are a student who is attempting to get better grades, there are a number of methods that will help you to boost your facility to sharpen your attention, memorize the information that you study, and bring it back to consciousness during an examination - without suffering from mental blocks or test anxiety. These are the basics of how to institute good study behaviors: 1. Set aside a place for reading and only study in that place! Establish a silent location that will facilitate a focusing of attention without distractions. Some usual examples would be a library, a vacant classroom, or your office. You want to generate the routine of studying when you are in this place. So it is best to not use this place for other activities like daydreaming, conversations, or playing games, etc. Be sure your special place has: • A comfy seat, but not too comfy • A writing desk or table • First-class lighting • Sufficient air flow Be sure your special place does not have: • Distracting views of other activities • A phone • Loud music • A large-screen TV • Another person who talks a lot • A refrigerator filled with distractions 2. Divide your homework into small, short-range projects. • Set up small specific projects like, 'I'm going to study my biology from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.' Otherwise you will be setting yourself up to be unsuccessful. • Set a doable work goal for the quantity of time you are able to set aside. For example: 'finish reading chapter 15 in my Trig workbook,' or 'complete a final version of my English paper,' etc. Set your goal when you are ready to study, but before you actually begin. Set doable goals. You might do more than reach your goal, but set a realistic goal - even if it seems far too easy. 3. Test Phobias • Some people experience physical symptoms for the most part, like nausea, feeling hot or cold, headaches, faintness, etc. • Other people experience mostly emotional symptoms, like feeling irritable, crying, or getting frustrated quickly. • The main trouble with anxiety is that it can create a memory block. Or it could force you to have thoughts that are racing out of control. • Although you may experience some level of anxiety while taking an examination, you can learn to greatly diminish that anxiety, or even completely eliminate it! • Feelings of anxiety and the resultant stress are frequently the main cause of a lack of the ability to focus concentration. Stress can also be the cause of a mental block when you try to recall information. • Hypnosis CDs can be utilized to relax your mind and focus your concentration. As your mind calms down, your ability to stay focused will increase. Similarly, a calm mind enhances your ability to retain information and recall it when it is needed. • Hypnosis CDs can also be utilized to program your mind for the positive expectation of relaxation and the ability to recall information during an examination. This is effective at diminishing or eliminating test anxiety. • There are a number of hypnotherapy methods that can promptly eliminate a test phobia! About the Author: Alan B. Densky, CH has specialized in the practice of hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming since 1978. He offers hypnosis and NLP CDs for memory and recall enhancement. Visit his Neuro-VISION NLP site for free hypnosis newsletters, articles, MP3s, and his Video Self-Hypnosis Blog for free video-taped hypnosis tips. Article Source: A Language Guide - http://www.a-language-guide.com More free articles: 1st Rate Articles - 1stRateArticles.com |
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