How To Increase Your Capability To Study Information And Abolish Test Anxiety

If you are a person who is endeavoring to bring up your grades, there are a number of shortcuts that will help you to boost your ability to sharpen your attention, absorb the information that you study, and recollect it during a test without suffering from mental blocks or a test phobia. This is a list of how to go about instituting good learning habits:

(1) Establish an environment for learning and study only in that place! Find a quiet place that will make possible a focusing of attention without distractions. Some typical examples would be a library, a vacant classroom, or your bedroom. You will want to generate the custom of studying when you are in this place. So it is best to not use this place for other activities like daydreaming, watching TV, or playing music, etc.

MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STUDY PLACE HAS:

(a) A comfortable chair, but not excessively comfortable

(b) Your desk

(c) Excellent lighting

(d) Proper air flow

MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STUDY PLACE DOESN'T HAVE:

(a) Distracting views of other activities

(b) A phone

(c) Loud music

(d) A large screen TV

(e) A companion who talks all the time

(f) A refrigerator filled with distractions

(2) Divide your study periods into tiny, short-range projects.

(a) Set up small specific goals like, "I am going to study my creative writing from 3 PM to 4 PM. Or else you will set yourself up to not succeed.

(b) Set a accessible homework goal for the amount of time you are able to set aside. For example: finish reading chapter ten in my Algebra text, or complete an initial draft of my English paper, etc. Set your goals at the specific time that you are ready to sit down and study, just before you begin. Set reachable goals. You might possibly do more than reach your goal, but set a reachable goal even if it seems way too easy.

(3) Test Anxiety & Phobias

(a) Some students experience physical symptoms for the most part, like faintness, nausea, or feeling hot or cold, etc.

(b) Other students experience emotional symptoms for the most part, like feeling irritable, crying, or getting frustrated quickly.

(c) The main problem with anxiety is that it can cause you to have a memory block. Or it could trigger thoughts that are racing out of control.

(d) Although you may currently feel some level of anxiety when taking examinations, you can learn to diminish that anxiety, or even completely eliminate it!

(e) Anxiousness and the resultant stress are frequently the main causes of a lack of ability to focus your attention. Stress can also trigger a mental block when one tries to recollect information.

(f) Hypnosis CD's 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.

(g) NLP CD's can also be used to program your mind for the positive expectation of serenity and the ability to remember information during a test. This is valuable for reducing or getting rid of test anxiety. (h) There are a number of hypnotherapy techniques that can promptly get rid of a test phobia!

People quite often find it very difficult to memorize the huge amount of material required to pass an exam. And even those who can memorize new information often find it difficult or impossible to remember that information during an exam. It has been found that there are many little tricks that you can use to improve the ability to focus concentration, absorb, and then recall that information. This article explores many of those options.

Alan B. Densky, CH has specialized in the practice of hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming since 1978. He offers self-hypnosis CD's for improving memory and recall. Visit his Neuro-VISION Hypnosis site for free hypnosis newsletters, articles, and MP3s and his Self Hypnosis Video Blog for free video taped NLP tips.

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