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how can i get ova my fear of exams???
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- Anonymous2 decades agoFavorite Answer
Fear of exams is actually a very common problem among school-age children. First, it's a good idea to make certain that the fear is not brought on by a learning problem or disability. For example, some children do very poorly on exams because they read slowly or with great difficulty. They can do the regular homework well because they work very hard and are bright. But in a timed test situation, they can't keep up. One hint of this is a child who answers the first half of the test questions correctly, but doesn't get to the second half of the questions at all (and thus earns a very low score).
Test-taking anxiety is often easy to deal with using relaxation and mental imagery techniques. With a little coaching, most children quickly learn to think pleasant, restful thoughts and enjoy the feeling of their bodies relaxing. They can then give themselves instructions to feel calm and relaxed during tests. Somehow, the body remembers, and they do in fact feel calmer during tests. Many child psychologists and pediatricians are skilled in teaching children relaxation. Some call this process self hypnosis, but I think that makes it sound more mysterious than it really is.
- 2 decades ago
Hi Rach, getting fears of exams is a normal thing for everyone. The best way of overcoming ur fears is to prepare very well for it. Make sure u study, not a day or a week before it, but from the starting of ur knowledge that u gonna get an exam. On day of exam, just recap briefly over ur notes, this normally make u feel something, or most times more asure.
When u have ur fears in exam, just relax, Relax Relax Relax, dont panic. The moment u panic, u gonna forget what u know,
Always try to be confident and u wont have fears anymore. Remember the best way to overcome ur fears is to face them.
Source(s): Personal experience - c_schumackerLv 62 decades ago
I used to envision dominating the exam as opposed to being afraid of it. The mind picture I used was something like the images of Saving Private Ryan when they storm the beach. The beach is the exam. It was my duty to storm the exam and dominate it. Bullets whizzing over my head be damned!
I know it sounds weird, but it actually helped change my attitude and convert that nervous energy into something productive.
Oh by the way, it helps to have prepared very well and really know your stuff (that same mind picture was helpful in setting the stage while I was studying)
Good luck on your exams.
Source(s): Thousands of exams over years of pre-med classes and during medical school. - 2 decades ago
In college, one of my professors noticed that I knew the answers in class, but had trouble on the tests. She suggested a lab practice where they set up relaxation techniques and then gave you a series of facts and exams.
One thing I learned was to always have a good meal before you are going to take an exam. Get at least 7 hours sleep the night before. Give yourself 20 minutes before the exam to calm down.
Stretch out your body. If you do not have room roll your head to the right as far as you can and then to the left. Lift your shoulders, extend your elbows up high. lift your legs out in front of you a few times.
Then you get still and think of a peaceful place where you feel happy and comfortable. You basically think of happy thoughts.
Think of the exam as a road map to your happy place. With each answer you write, you get one mile closer to your happy place. After you finish , you are there.
I know this sounds really weird, but it helped me!
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- 2 decades ago
I have great difficulty with exams up till the end of high school. Because we had to learn EVERYTHING. History, languages, science, maths, finance, literature.. etc. But once I started A-level and university, I felt very comfortable with exam because I get to choose what suit me. I have better ability to learn science and math subjects than other subjects and once i m in these, even if sometimes things get very very hard and messy, I, at least, do not feel helpless. And if i do not feel helpless and overwhelmed, there is a problem to overcome these. So, i think, what cause us fear of examination is our lack of total understanding and confidence in certain subjects.. maybe, due to lack of interest in the subjects. If u have no choice and have to take those subjects... I got through high school telling myself, i love those subjects, no matter how dry they r, i love them, so I want to find out about them... and force myself through them.
- PapaJonLv 42 decades ago
Study well...remember that you studied well...go in with at least two of your writing utencils, do easy questions first and go back for more challenging questions, ask your instructor about parts of the exam you may be fearful of, practice relaxing breathing when you feel anxiety coming on and go to the bathroom before you go in. It helps me to wash my hands before an exam also because it's a routine thing to do. Get to the testing place early so your not rushing to get there. Look at the trees, birds sky to relax...helping?
- WijekumaraLv 42 decades ago
1) Study hard subjects which you want to face at the exam.
2) Often remind the important points you learn.
3) Frequently write answers to the model questions.
4) At time you are getting and at the time you are going to bed minimum 10 minutes, Meditate to build up your confident.
Following this process, tell me the result what you get.( I used this technique over 20 years at the universities )
- ochsnerLv 44 years ago
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- 2 decades ago
prepare well, do not sleep too late the night b4 ur exams, and drink brand's chicken essence!!
I don't know whether the brand's chicken essence works on you, but it works well on me. I was sitting for these kinda major exams- Lower Secondary Assessment and Primary Assessment, and I've got straight As~! This year I'll be sitting for my O-level n it'll be tough i know. So, all i can do rite now is just be well-prepared.
- 2 decades ago
Study. Be well prepared. At your desk, let go...don't panic and just give it your best shot. Don't cram the morning of the exam.