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How to avoid exam stress or anxiety?

January 25, 2007

Many of us experience the so-called “exam anxiety or stress”. This is one of the problems, especially among students. I think it is just a natural occurrence because it’s man’s nature to fear failures. Sometimes, anxiety can also be our drive for excellence. We get anxious, and anxiety pressures us to do better. But as the saying goes, “too much is bad.” If you worry too much, you get mentally blocked. Mental block is not just an effect of caffeine overdose, or a sleepless night, but also anxiety over the exam per se can cause it.

1. Have your own study habits and make sure that they will work for you. No two people have the same study habit, one’s ways may not work on the other. The importance of having your own study habits is it makes everything organized, and when organization can make you relax and concentrate more. You will less likely miss out the important things you should learn.

2. Avoid cramming. Cramming means pressure, and pressure means anxiety. When you cram, you tend to forget other important things to learn. Again, thinking that you can’t do everything with just couple of hours or days, you will be anxious. The ideal way not to cram is allotting at least 2 hours per day for studying, depending on the demands of your course.

3. Set your learning objectives or list the topics you have to read. This way, you will have better focus and know which are the must-knows. It will also help you not to stray away from the necessary things to learn.

4. Take some time to relax, have a good sleep, eat well, etc. especially the day before the exam. You can relax well if you have finished reading all the necessary readings. Relaxation is also a preparation. Remember that you are fighting with exam stress and you need to relax.

5. Prepare your the needed things for the exam the day before so by tomorrow you won’t need to look for it. I think you will agree with me that time ironically plays with us most of the time. The more you look for something, the more you have difficulty finding it.

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Written by jammed · Filed Under Education 

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