Test Taking Anxiety
You are a high school senior. It’s the morning of the SAT test. You have a magical number in your head. That number is the score you need in order to make it into the college of your dreams. Not only is it the college of your dreams, but it’s that of your parents as well. The pressure is immeasurable. The desired score fills your every thought, making it nearly impossible to focus on the test booklet, as it is placed in front of you. The test moderator tells you to begin and you open to the first page. You read the first question, but you can’t comprehend what it is asking. None of the answers make sense. Your palms start to sweat as all you can see in your head is that magical number you need to achieve.
Although this story is specific to an age and situation, this is the type of pressure many students – young and old – go through on a regular basis. It is a condition formally known as test anxiety. It is not only frustrating. It affects test results – tests that may have a huge impact on a person’s future. There is a tremendous amount of stress placed upon anyone who is studying for a test, from a high school student taking a test in class to an adult taking a test to receive their professional license.
You study an endless amount of hours so that during the hour of the test, you’ll be ready. When it comes to the day of the test, you expect to perform your best. You expect that the information you’ve looked at a hundred times will be easy to access from your brain. Why doesn’t it always happen? Why do you suddenly come to a mental block? Why are you unable to recall test questions that you really know the answer to? The pressure placed upon us by ourselves and others has unfavorable effects, especially when it comes to how the mind is affected. Through hypnosis, Clinical Hynotherapist Larry Conte will help you erase the anxiety you face before a big test. When you sit down to take a test, you will have the confidence to show what you know and be able to appropriately express it on paper.
When a person is under hypnosis, the mind enters a highly focused state. Awareness of our surroundings disappears, creating an atmosphere in which the mind is overly suggestible. Think about it as though you were reading a book or watching a movie. How often has someone said something to you while doing one of these activities, but you were too focused to notice they said anything at all? Hypnosis works in a parallel way. We aren’t focused on what is going on around us. Our worries are no longer in the forefront of our mind. The conscience mind becomes temporarily isolated and the subconscious mind, which controls our behavior, takes over and is wide open to suggestion. This is where Larry Conte is able to reprogram the mind to handle test anxiety.
The benefit of hypnosis goes beyond reducing test anxiety. You will be able to walk into a test with confidence, but it doesn’t end there. Anxiety can wreak havoc on academics during a test, but it also has negative impacts while studying. If you can’t focus while studying, how can you expect to focus during a test? When we study, we worry about taking a test. When we take a test, we worry about the results. It is a never-ending cycle that has no positive influence. Hypnosis will stop the cycle of worrying. It will also aid your study habits. A calm mind enhances the ability to retain information and recall that information when it is asked on a test. Your memory will improve with hypnosis. Poor learning habits will be replaced with beneficial ones. Learning skills will be enhanced. Studying will become easy. You will finally get the grades you deserve as opposed to the grades you’ve been receiving as a result of heightened level of anxiety prior to test taking.
If your mind automatically shuts off when you hear “five minutes remain” toward the end of a test, call Monterey Hypnosis today. We’ll give you the tools to stay focused the entire length of a test, no matter how long. You will receive a free 30 minute consultation with Master Hypnotherapist, Larry Conte. You will discuss whether or not hypnosis is the right step for you to accomplish your academic goals. We guarantee to help you achieve the results you’ve been waiting for. Our program is designed for people from all walks of life and all levels of test anxiety. At Monterey Hypnosis, our sessions are done in a stress-free, comfortable environment. Don’t waste another minute with that ‘A’ student hidden inside you. Call (831) 372-2929 to achieve academic success today!
