Test Anxiety Symptoms
Test anxiety affects a lot of young people; even though they are highly intelligent, hardworking individuals. When it comes to taking any kind of test, they can become anxious, lose focus, and their minds shut down. Some even get nauseous or have headaches. Others may finish their test, only to then go back and second question their answers--only to find out that they had the right answer in the first place! This type of anxiety is very stressful.
Root Cause of Test Anxiety
Young people face so much pressure to excel academically. Their GPA dictates which doors open and which close. It is truly important that an academic career is not full of stress. Yes, there’s always some stress and hard work, but it shouldn’t be overwhelming to the point where it makes an individual sick or think they need prescriptions to get through school. In order for the mind to work efficiently and creatively, it needs to be calm and not overwhelmed. Fortunately, hypnosis provides a way to greatly reduce or eliminate testing anxiety.
Test anxiety is a learned behavior. We’re not born with it. It usually happens because of an event or misunderstanding that occurred at a younger age, some time before our rational mind was completely developed. For example, the first impression that planted the anxiety seed could stem from an early test, performance, or project that was evaluated in a way our young mind didn’t understand or felt stung by. This impression then stays in your subconscious mind as historical data. We refer back to this data every time the pattern of a test shows up. The problem is this historical data is connected to an uncomfortable anxious feeling, which then produces test anxiety.
Test Anxiety Treatment: Hypnosis
Hypnosis can eliminate test anxiety by finding the particular story or pattern with the anxious charge. Utilizing hypnotic techniques, we neutralize the story changing the pattern to one without anxiety, and the test anxiety vanishes. With this out-of-the-way, students are able to focus on what matters--their education!
If this is something your student or you need, please call Pure Space Hypnosis at 732-406-3498 to learn more or set up your first appointment.