Hello Friends!
Okay--most of the time I can be a pretty resilient and it takes a lot to push me of center--but I have a problem with tests.
Yep. I break out in hives and actually have been known to throw up when faced with a big test. I have tried to be hypnotized and unfortunately I cannot be hypnotized. I have tried subliminal tapes. I have tried studying more and studying less.
The really weird thing is if I know it is a test that does not mean a whole lot--not critical to a grade, I usually ace it or close to it. BUT when it is an important test I freak out, panic, over-think things or just simply get "brain freeze."
Now--for all of you posed to type "Just don't think about it being a BIG test" or "Tell yourself not to worry" ---don't you think I have tried that already?!
I just took my math final and totally blew it. How can I typically make grades above 80% on quizzes but then when a "final" comes up I freeze up and fail miserably? It defies logic.
My professors are as stumped as I am. This has followed me my entire life--and it has to stop--but I do not know what to do. I am so frustrated!
Please help. This has to stop. I will do anything to make this stop.
Kate Moss
This is not from an expert or any psychologist but i hope this helps..
since you get aced then it means that its really the word "BIG TEST" rattles you. well then why not alter the term with "Girls night out" (even though it happens during the day) or better yet "Thanksgiving Day"! so from now on you put in your calendar reminders about "girls night out" or "thanksgiving day" which meant you have to review harder and aim to get best results!
how bout that?
1I am ready to try anything. I can't let this continue to mess with my life or my GPA.
2I have the same problem but I am getting better. I decided that if I freeze and fail to get the grade I should have that I'd just have to repeat the class.
While that may seem extreme, I use the mind-set that "hey--I can always repeat it" and then don't panic as badly. I actually did turn around and repeat a math course that I got a C on and signed up for the same teacher. She was like "Why are you here?" I told her...and then she just shrugged. She knew I did great on quizzes and freaked on big finals---so that semester she called all of the tests "quizzes" and made little distinction to how they were weighted.
Of course I did fabulous and blew thru the whole thing (I had already done after all) and left the course with an A instead of the C. Some would consider that a waste of time but that A put me into a prime spot and I got a scholarship. It was worth repeating the class. Now I just say "I guess I could just repeat it" as a worse case scenario instead "failing--why do I freak out like this!"
3Repeat a class?! That is an option I hope I never have to consider. I mainly freeze on math finals. I only have one more math class to take. SO glad.
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