Feeling Inconfident

[Apple Strudel]

Ok, so I will be having examinations the next month and I studied pieces of here and there and started to attend classes regularly since June.

I admitted that I skipped many classes before that, but because I was too busy working and paying my school fees as I just signed up for college classes with little planning, and also because I can't stand procrastinating any longer.

At the same time, I'll be retaking my GCSE and well....I've stopped schooling for like 5 years since...so the examinations anxiety is getting into me!!

This will be the first time in years, I'll be taking exams...both college and GCSE at that!!

I wonder would it be better if I just study day in and out, no computer, no entertainment...just my materials will do, will it suffice?

Anyways, I've also been feeling giddy these few days...just slight giddiness. But it's worrisome. And i'm really stressed, even though I knew I could pass (but don't know if I could manage a good pass or bad pass)

Arrghh.

 

[cobalt_bluester]

just do your best and study in bite sized chunks as this has been proven to be the best way to study and retain information. The giddiness you have been feeling could well be a result of the stress and anxiety you've been feeling. If it persists you should go an see your doctor.

I wish you the best of luck.

 

[worrywort]

I've got a driving test coming up soon, and it makes me really nervous and anxious too! But the best advice I've been given is this "Over prepare then go with the flow"! I really like that! Just try to start with a nice overview first then gradually, in bitesize chunks, begin to learn the details. That's what works best for me. Also deep breaths and just try your best. The best you can is good enough! good luck!

 

[Anubis]

The key to studying is visualization. If you're just reading the words on the page for the sake of reading the words on the page, you'll barely pass. I pretty much flunked out of post-grad by doing that. Nowadays when I read about something like mitochondria, I picture an oval-shaped organism acting like a car engine (sucking in protons and creating ATP). I even picture the engine-like sounds it would make. It's kinda fun, in a weird way. And it works because our brain is a very symbolic/image-associated organ. It doesn't so much care that mitochondria is really an engine. It just wants an image to associate with so it can have a foundation to build up on (because the brain has never seen the inside of a real cell).

So my advice would to be very symbolic and image-associated. Even do it for abstract concepts like love, hate. The brain loves it when you deal with pictures. That's why picture-books are so successful with toddlers (and a partial reason why they learn so fast).