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I observed that I have to study way more than others to score. And I forget very fast what I learned. So during my exam today as usual, my heart was pumping very fast thinking that I may not forget something.- seeing everyone laughing and discussing in the class made me unsecured.
I found a new technique few days ago to not let me feel sleepy during study- moving leg back and forth as if you are shivering and rotating pen sometimes on hand-it means being hyperactive. Unlike my usual exam apprehension, today during exam I didn't know how fast I have to move my legs to distract my attention from negative thoughts-I moved very rapidly. Somehow or other I finished my paper at last minute and I don't know how well I did it in exam--as always- uncertain. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I CAN TAKE IT. BEING FULL OF FEAR AND MOVING HERE AND THERE TALKING,LAUGHING JUST TO GET DISTRACTED. I HAVE REACHED IMPASSE.
PLEASE HELP!!
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
In my own case, I call this, "Test Anxiety" and I address it BEFORE the exam. Cramming before the exam only heightens the anxiety for me. By the night before the exam, I either know the material or I don't. In either case, I have to work with what I have on the exam. I put my focus on maximum self care so that I can be as calm and clear headed as possible when I sit down for the drum roll. The night before and the morning of the exam I concentrate on rest, nutrition, venting if needed and acceptance of whatever the future may hold.
When I can pull it off, the post-exam anxiety is easier, as well. Whatever the end results, I can rest with the assurance that I did the best I could with what I had to work with.
Gentle support while you find what works for you, Aryan. Welcome aboard.
i shared with you already about the study cards. the last time i was in school i went to every class and listened, took notes, and read the chapters. i also typed up any key terms or dates, if they had them, at the end of the chapters.
(then i put those on the note cards to study a little here and there by the end of the semester-i had a ton of cards to study- by then, it was ez because i knew most of them).
it seemed like being consistent was the way to do it.
Is this something you could look into?
I appreciate the effort for helping
I agree with Arfie, he brought up some excellent points. I would also add that you allow yourself to gain confidence in knowing that you did the best you could. If you didn't do well, forgive yourself. Challenging myself to let go of negative thinking allowed me to embrace a new mentality. I allowed myself to be human. I now hold myself accountable to doing the best I can, while understanding that I'm not perfect. Sometimes I do well, sometimes I don't. But please, don't drive yourself crazy, because, at the end of the day, you are more important than an exam.
PTSD intrudes and breaks my concentration, so note cards bring me back. Music-driven power walks are hard for me now since I got on a cane, so I make mixes and go for drives in my car. Being rested and calm right before the event is the last and most important thing, as arfie says, so all of that energy doesn't go to waste, so since I can't shut off anxiety I can channel it.
You're post-event now, so it seems that you've figured out how to do all of that pre-event stuff and you managed the event itself, right down to the wire. What I always did afterward was change the subject, then, because my PTSD brain likes to obsess post event--that's what the "P" in PTSD stands for, after all. ANYTHING that changed the subject was fair game--a concert, a movie, whatever outside input could get my mind off of what's done is done. Saw lots of good movies that way. Still do.