Focus on the process, not the outcome of the exam. Thinking about the exam and its results wastes your mental energy and time. Make daily study plans and you will be surprised at how you progress.
We can see exams as an opportunity for learning. After a bad exam ‘What did I do? What did I do well? What could I have done better? What did I realize? What did I learn? How can I solve this problem?’ We can ask questions and find solutions. Exams can enable us to review what we lack, whether we use time well, whether our study method is correct, and our exam strategy.
Avoid negative thoughts. Always try to think positively. Don’t waste your time with pessimistic and negative thoughts. No one can enter the exam with full knowledge of all the information. Some of the information will surely be forgotten, the important thing is to minimize it. Use your mental energy to learn new information and repeat old knowledge.
Don’t compare yourself to others. Everyone’s learning and working style is different. Failure in one test does not mean that you will fail the next. Instead of thinking about what others are doing, it will be more beneficial to try to complete your deficiencies.
Act with a plan, study correctly and effectively. It is very important to make short-term plans while studying. Each completed goal will make you feel better and more eager to take the next step. Working by memorizing without understanding will also cause information to be forgotten quickly, weakening your ability to comment. Don’t be afraid to ask your teachers about things you don’t understand, even if it’s something very simple. Know yourself well, determine how you learn best. Be sure to take time to rest. The important thing is not to work hard, but to work effectively.
Keep your motivation high. Never lose your self-confidence. Remember your past successes, even small ones.
Do not hesitate to seek support from your family and teachers. Do not be afraid to ask for help when you are feeling down, having difficulty learning a certain subject, or having trouble setting up your study program. Remember, every successful athlete has a trainer who leads them to success. Sometimes it is very useful to tell us about some of our shortcomings that we cannot see from the outside. You can get support from a child and adolescent psychiatrist for exam anxiety, learning strategies, and attention deficit.
As long as we live, we will experience successes and occasional failures. For a person to be successful in life, it is important to be able to see that every result is a new beginning. There will always be exams, the game called life will always bring new exams to us. The most important rule in this game is to stay in the game all the time. Remind your child that success is achieved step by step, it’s a marathon. Keep in mind that like everyone else, his performance may drop from time to time. Motivate and encourage him in times like these. Identify the issues that lack information without delay and take the necessary precautions. If you find that you are unable to cope with anxiety, do not hesitate to seek professional support. Observe your child well, try to find the cause and solution if he or she has mental distress, attention and learning problems.
You can get support from a child and adolescent psychiatrist in this regard.
