Test Anxiety

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America lists three primary causes of text anxiety:  fear of failure, lack of preparation, and poor test history.  The symptoms that students or employees who are suffering from text anxiety may be similar to generalized anxiety, and include physical, emotional, and cognitive symptoms such as:

• Chest pain

• Gastrointestinal problems

• Headache

• Light headedness

• Nausea

• Racing heart

• Shortness of breath

• Sweating

• Feelings of fear

• Feelings of doom

• Feelings of helplessness

• Difficulty concentrating

• Negative thinking

Hypnotherapy for Text Anxiety

Hypnotherapy, when coupled with healthy test preparation best practices—including planning for adequate test prep/study time, following a study schedule, eliminating distractions while studying, making sure you get enough sleep, and mindful eating habits before tests—can help you to relax. Being able to let go of the stress will enable you to focus, increase your ability to remember, reason, and recall, and learn to ignore distractions (clocks, other students, negative thinking).  

If you struggle with text or exam anxiety, and would like to learn how hypnotherapy provided by Joseph Falsetti, CHt, can help you to go into each new test, feeling more relaxed, contact JBF Hypnotherapy today, by calling 404-884-2251, or send us a message online.