Lecture on exam anxiety and mental preparation for exams.
Whether you go to primary school, after-school, high school, business school or even higher education institutions, every year there are many students who suffer from and suffer from what is popularly called exam anxiety.
In the past, it was primarily in the spring that there were exams that created exam anxiety in the individual. But now that studies have become more dynamic, there are exams, both in the winter and in the spring. And that makes the need to know something about exam anxiety and being able to deal with an exam anxiety, extremely valuable.
Why even deal with the topic of exam anxiety.
In my many years of practice as a psychotherapist, teacher supervisor and coach, I have met many who have had such a strong exam anxiety that they have decided to leave a study and to refrain from continuing and further education because of the fear of graduation. has been so insurmountable that one could not look beyond it.
- That’s not how it should be.
- That does not have to be the case.
- No fear must become so great that we allow it to limit our desires, opportunities, and choices.
Worth knowing about exam anxiety.
Each person experiences fear in their own individual way. When the talk falls on exam anxiety, many will be able to recognize physical signals such as:
- Fast heartbeat and pulse.
- Restlessness and nervousness in the body.
- Uro in the stomach.
- Sweaty hands.
- The trembling of the hands, the voice, etc ..
- Tendency to faint.
- Sleep disorders.
And many will be able to recognize emotions such as:
- Anxiety and panic.
- Urge to flee.
- Lack of self confidence.
- Doubt your own abilities.
And in the mind, many processes take place such as:
- Lack of concentration.
- Lack of focus.
- Catastrophic thoughts (thoughts of the worst that can happen).
- Stress thoughts: “I never get it”, “The others are much better than me”, “What if they ask questions I can not answer”. “My teacher slaughters me” etc ..
And overall, the exam-anxious person carries around a fear that prevents the person from being able to prepare properly and thereby the fear also prevents one from feeling safe and clear, and prevents many from having faith in the ability to think, remember and speak clearly and coherently.
In my lectures on exam anxiety, I define exactly what it is that scares us. So it is possible to recognize oneself. And adds a variety of tools and tools, mental and physical, that ensure that the individual is able to feel safe and ready.
A lecture on exam anxiety thus enables the student or students to be able to create and maintain the interest in passing the exam well, and in being able to maintain the state of self-confidence and overview.
A lecture on exam anxiety also touches on how to train mentally in advance, and also discusses sleep techniques so that you are able to sleep soundly and coherently, in the time before the exam. .
If you are a teacher or teacher at a school and are aware that the phenomenon of exam anxiety controls some students too much, and you even have experience that even competent students do not provide or perform what they can at all, it is a idea to have a lecture on exam anxiety and dealing with this.
If the above has piqued your interest, please contact me for further information.
