How Exam Stress Can be Helped with Hypnotherapy*
With the start of the new academic year, it would be opportune to explain just how hypnotherapy helps with exam stress management. You may have experienced extreme anxiety previously during your studies or are recalling a failed exam and are dreading a recurrence. If you are determined to conquer these feelings once and for all, hypnotherapy sessions with Jonathan at the Conway Practice provide a natural and extremely effective way of dealing with the problem*.
During hypnosis, the reason for your stress will be addressed*. It is rarely due to simply worrying about not knowing the answers and is often caused by irrational thinking*.
The anxious state may well start during the revision period and can be triggered by a concern that your fellow students appear to be doing better than you. If this is the case, the feeling of underachievement may be traced back to early childhood if you felt under pressure to perform well for your parents, or match the competency of siblings.
Without doubt, anyone facing an exam will be apprehensive to some extent about the consequences of success or failure, but for some the apprehension becomes fear. Exam stress at this level generally manifests not only in poor sleep patterns, reduced appetite, or even over-eating for comfort, but also in physical reactions such as panic attacks, headaches and nausea. This applies not only to students following an educational path, but also to those who are sitting a driving test or being evaluated in the work place.
Panic is frequently triggered by taking quick, shallow breaths causing hyperventilation. While you are in a relaxed state during hypnosis, Jonathan will guide you through relaxing methods and deep breathing techniques which will calm your nervous system*, naturally lowering the ‘flight and fight’ adrenalin levels. These self-hypnosis techniques can also be applied to relieve insomnia, ensuring you have a restful night’s sleep before the day of the exam*.
Hypnotherapy and NLP sessions with Jonathan will enable you to create change and to perceive the exam environment in a positive way*. Using Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) you will be shown how to use positive language and to visualise a smooth exam experience and a positive outcome*. Your self-belief will also increase*, replacing the negative feelings of failure and fears that have been causing your stress.
You will learn how to be your own best friend instead of your own worst enemy, ensuring you are able to approach all exams and evaluations in the future with confidence and a clear and focused mind-set*.
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