How to keep anxiety level down during an exam ?
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at
8:33 pm
?a??a?i asked:
Its a usual feature that students get extremely anxious, nervous, scared before and during a big exam, this causes adverse effect even in their performance even after a goos preparation they make silly mistakes, how to keep the stress level low during an exam ??
Its a usual feature that students get extremely anxious, nervous, scared before and during a big exam, this causes adverse effect even in their performance even after a goos preparation they make silly mistakes, how to keep the stress level low during an exam ??
pls give the solution only for nervousness/stress/anxiety during the exam.. dun give solutions for how to prepare for the exam.. the Q only deals with the nervousness factor.
Thank you.
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Before our exams in school we had reflexology lessons. We were told that in an exam rub along the palm of your hand in the middle left to right or right to left (not up and down) and apparently this helps. I also just sit and breathe for a while and read through the paper before I start any writing at all which I find helps me a lot.
I was never anxious, nervous, and scared before and during big exam
Iwas ready always to appear for exams and i was First class
Prepare revise till last glance , be calm read question and attempt most difficult ones first
With these points you will never become nervous
Now a days standard question papers are also to be seen
Do’s
—Firstly , have a sleep ..lol..i mean sound sleep yaar.
—Maintain a time table and try to finish by the time set .
—Be calm and understand the question and answer and analyze.
—Revise the important points well.
— Decide well the chapters to be studied .
Dont’s
– Dont plan for night outs
– Dont Panic !!
All the best …think positive and be optimistic !
Do breathing exercises and watch what you eat and drink before an exam.
Breathing: Breath in as deeply as you can then hold your breath and count up to 8. Then slowly exhale through the nose. If you do that 2-3 times in a row you will notice a difference.
Eating/drinking: Avoid too much sugar and too much coffein.
Good luck
Do you know why you are nervous, stressed out, full of anxiety during your preparation and at exam.? You didn’t do enough or did not know how to prepare your learning, so everything is so doubtful and give you worry. Do it well as told by others and you will be ok.
You didn’t want to know how to do the best preparation to kill all the doubts & worry that causes your nervousness. I have a formula to it and what you need to do is ask.
..To keep away anxiety, I always do one thing..Plz don’t take it in funny way..take it seriously..
I always expect less..!
You know Expectations are the main cause of stress, tension, anxiety..!
Its a fact
hai madhavi nice question
dont bee too much tens before going to exam its not good to write properly in exams ya u said correct we done mistakes after a good preparation so leave fear and think positive about ur self …… and hipnotise ur self the answer i know i know the answer i prepared well lke that
woke up in the early mrng time and study well it gains ur memory power so that u dont forget any thing in exams if time then do little bit yoga that gains concentration on studies so wish u good luck all the best for exams
Being interested on the subject you appear for the exam may be the only solution to relieve all the nervousness factor which automatically helps in gaining good marks also.
bring a cheat sheet
always study the essential stuff…then u’ll be confident that u’ve put in ur best effort and wont think abt it b4 the exam…and i always tell myself that i’m gonna own this exam and that every1 else is gonna screw up and fail….even if i’m like ok in the subject….just be positive and b4 the exam think abt random stuff,wat u’re gonna do later….anything but the exam…thats the key.
Sorry sis, I can’t help you in this question as I was not that good in my studies days
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Kindly refer to senn’s answer
well drink lots of water…but not soo much that u have to go to the washrrom after (during the exam)
…just take a few breaths and as long as u know u studied u’ll pass it…think about the exams you did in the past…and how you were really nervous but it ended up to be really easy… 
hope this helps
I never got nervous or anxious that much during my high school or university exams because I always knew that as long as I studied what I was supposed to, got some good sleep and took my time to read and understand each question then I was perfectly fine(high school exams are not as difficult as university or college exams, but they are still exams none the less) .
During university exams, which were more difficult, I used to always make sure to take a deep breathe before and after, but also during the exam you need to take breathes too because it stops you from being too nervous or anxious. Plus it keeps your heart normal and you can concentrate more. In other words try to take a deep breath and then breathe normal during the exam… I would also usually focus my mind on the exam and the information needed to finish it, and block out everything else that is not needed for the exam, then during each question I would read it once or twice to make sure I understand it, think of an answer and then answer it with the information required. Also remember that when you are finished, if you have time re-read the questions and the answers you gave in case you figure out more information to add or you might figure out that you answered a question wrong, and that way you can correct yourself.
Someone above me said that they usually try not to expect too much, which is a good idea because when you put way too many expectations on yourself you end up getting too nervous or anxious to do or finish your exam, but when you free your mind of expectations real good things usually happen.
Don’t get tensed while you’re to write an exam. First thing is to keep your mind calm and concentrate only on your question paper that you’re to get. I usually have this silly, or should I say this stupid problem getting nervous when an exam appears. I forget all the answers, my mind becomes blank and I would be like a person appearing in the exam hall without preparing…. But then, I rectified this mistake of mine and tired to focus on nothing else, except the papers. Thus, I no longer suffered this problem and I was able to write my exams well…. Just do this and I’m sure you can excel in academics. Hope my answer was helpful to you in driving away your fears of examination…. By the way, you get tensed only during the beginning of the first exam or during the beginning of every exam?
If you have trouble breathing during exam, rub the part where both your collar bones meet.
That works for me
u may not get tensed too much .do not learn /revise just before d xam this may lead 2 forgetting of wateva u have learnt.best of luck.
There are many times when intelligent people do not perform well in exams, owning to stress and anxiety.
Many times, people found that their mind is tinking of something else during the exam itself, and their mind turns out to be empty.
To tackle this, you might think of a light music that is being played, while you answer the questions.
This is because your left brain is answering the questions, but your right brain is wandering away. Thus, think of a light music to fill the right brain, so that you can focus on the exam questions.
This is part of NLP: Neuro Linguistics Programming.