How to Overcome Exam Fear

Now tackle your exam fear and anxiety. The articles include simple tips to overcome exam fever which helps you do well in your examination

Exams are round the corner. Board exams as well as entrance exams. A test saps the energies of a person, generates mental agony and might make him/her incapable of thinking correctly. Students shudder at the thought of the exams and fear of failure makes them unhappy. Evil dreams start haunting the students and dose of admonition (warning, cautionary advice) given regularly disturbs them.

Before the exams, students suspend enjoyable activities :

• They do not go to the playground, cancel their picnic and forget about cinemas.
• They are busy with their books, go on reading while sipping a cup of tea and go on revising while lying in bed.
• They discuss questions, talk about books and cram about answers.
• Some perch on the trees, other sit in the retired corner and still others stick themselves with chairs.

The exam fever touches the highest point on the night before the exam. Students get disturbed sleep. They get up early in the morning and even the atheists pray. In front of the exam hall one feels that everything was evaporated from his brain. A friend says ‘this question is sure to be set’. Another says ‘have you prepared these questions?’ - You feel disturbed and turn the pages of notes of books hastily and roll your eyes over the answer!
As soon as you take your seat in the exam, you pray to God or revise the questions. If the question paper is difficult, glasses of water are ordered! Students literally perspire. An easy question paper may make the choice of questions difficult.

Even after the examination the fever still haunt the students. Somebody tells his friend ‘I was a bit confused’ or ‘I could not do justice to questions’. He counts his marks daily and thinks that he would get a second class. He remains in this type of suspense until the Judgment Day.
Exam fever can cause anxiety, worry and in certain conditions – mental and physical stress. Such conditions can only worsen the situation.
So friends, just relax! Exams are just a part of the whole thing and not ghosts that give you sleepless nights. Deal with your exams and get the best of grades. Get over your nervousness and anxiety. Learn to fight it.

• Relax. Try doing some meditation. Give your brain some rest and think positive.
• Make a plan and follow a plan. Divide your topics and complete them in parts.
• Take breaks in between study hours. Breaks are as important as studying.
• Avoid repetitive reading. There is a common feeling that if I read again and again, I will retain it. Avoid it. Continue with your plan. If you follow your plan properly, you’ll have enough time to revise everything.
• Sleep properly. Your body and brain need rest. A sound sleep makes you more efficient for the next day.
• Talk to your parents and friends. This also helps in reducing your anxiety and stress.
• Think positive. Think about your strengths and not your weaknesses.