 Dear students and friends, I am Professor Ankechada, former professor head psychology department of University of Delhi. In continuing to my earlier videos related to the examination anxiety, today I will be talking about examination anxiety and the questions which often I get from the students. In last 40 years as a psychologist, the questions which often imposed to me by students which are very genuine and thought-provoking questions, I will share one by one some of the important questions and then try to answer it to help you to overcome your exam anxiety. One question which often asked by students that does eating chocolate reduce anxiety? It is a good question and my answer simple to this, yes not only chocolate, yes black chocolate helped you reducing anxiety later to exams, but it is not only the chocolates even the chewing gum, the cookies, the other sweets can also reduce, but other sweet dynamite you take in large quantity, other sweets basically will help you in reducing anxiety, but chocolates definitely will much more helpful. Another question asked by students that sitting in the examination hall all my other friends what I see around me are writing very fast the answer to the question and I am a slow writer, how can I reduce my anxiety, listen my answer to this is you and they are they don't try to compare with them, try to understand your own potential, don't follow what they are doing it, you continue with your speed with accuracy, if you keep thinking that they are right faster than you then my dear students this will increase your exam anxiety, take out this thought from your mind. The other question which asked by the student often is that I could not prepare for my test properly, how can I reduce my anxiety in that case when I am not prepared, my answer have debrief, take a debrief and whatever time you have at your disposal instead of thinking on that you could not prepare you utilize that time in going through the slavers, it might be a little faster, but it will help you to overcome your anxiety. Another question is a very interesting question which asked by student that is, is it bad to study overnight? I study entire night, is it bad? My answer, yes definitely bad if you could not take your proper sleep which you require for the body, body require some amount of sleep and that you must have and don't study entire night, plan, organize your night sleep, have deep sleep may be 4 hours and then start preparing fresh, this will make your preparation much more better, is a good interesting question. Another interesting question which often I get from people is that should I avoid consuming caffeine because I feel so stressed out that I feel like going for it, there is a craving coming to me, my answer in short definitely you avoid caffeine, caffeine will increase or also level of anxiety and definitely let to your examination which are going to have it, so kindly reduce that. Another question which often asked by student that last time I missed by 40 marks or 30 marks and that is still on my mind how I can reduce in that case, I may this year again lose by 40 marks, so my answer if you keep on thinking on that then this will not allow your mind to get free to prepare, forget what happened, start your journey new, if you keep on thinking and spending your energy and time, energy spend somewhere which is not utilizing your life, utilize energy which is more fruitful and meaningful for you. Another question I have not studied properly for my exams, if that's true with me then how I can lessen my anxiety later to exam when I'm not prepared, do you think still you have a time, think over, if yes, if you still have a time then utilize in preparing rather than thinking that you could not prepare your exam, go through the syllabus quickly scan it and that paper is not the end of the world that is one paper, one exam the others also, so if you lose something over here then you can compensate by concentrating on other exams, so remember that you have to compete and that confidence, self-confidence which I've told you in my earlier slide of the video also please keep on in your mind that will help you, there is strength in you to overcome your examination anxiety. Another very interesting question I do not do well on my first examination which I given the other day, how can I concentrate on studying for my next examination when I'm anxious and afraid, who made you anxious and afraid, my answer is you yourself, you could not do in the last examination, you think you could not do well, fine can you do anything for that, you can't do whatever had happened had happened, now you have to think with future orientation, the next examination comes, I can't do anything what has to happen, but I can definitely think, I can definitely do far better in the next that might compensate what I couldn't do in the past, so there your focus should be future oriented rather into the past what had already happened, happened means happened. Another question very interesting asked by students often that what if I'm missing one third of the information I need to know, I got only one third of the information that 33% of the information I have and two-third of the information I don't have, the information which you don't have you can't do it, but strengthen yourself on the information that is 66% or two-third of the information you have in cash on that information rather than struggling but you don't have, if you can dig out that information or maybe with the likelihood that when you make yourself very good in the two-third of the information which you have then one-third will also might come in your rescue, the information you got from two-third can help in answering some of the or maybe related with some of the information which you don't have at this moment rather than just struggling what you don't have. Another question interesting even if I prepare well, anxiety pressure me a lot what can I do though I prepared very well if you have prepared very well then I don't see the reason why you think you can't do if you practice it planned it time management you have done it with your work obviously this will help you to overcome take deep breath relax take change your posture maybe you have a sip of water you know maybe you can have a small cup of soft drink maybe you can have a chocolate which I told you change your mindset and start working fresh this will help you overcome is some fear of an exam anxiety is very common here the answer in your question yes it's a very common phenomena everyone undergo exam anxiety it's not you are the different person you think it's you no every one of us including me I also experience in my career the definition that if it's a normal phenomena it's a common to everyone why we should fear of that why we bring that fear in mind let's take out the fear from the mind another question how do I deal with anxiety when I am running out of time try to stop at least for few second and think are you sure running out of the time or using this as a defense mechanism you're running out of the time you have to catch it not to bring any negative thought in your mind is you brought the thought that you're running out of time and you keep on struggling with that thought I'm sorry you were not of time catch the time time is in front of you avoid as much as possible self sabotage you're doing the self sabotage by saying you run out of the time why I feel so anxious to compare myself with others because you are not governed by your own internal consciousness make those internal consciousness stronger and when you make it stronger what I want to say think if you whatever you achieve what efforts you put on that whatever you couldn't achieve till now where you lack once you've identified that where you lack I'm sure you can overcome that we have a few questions which I thought to share with you which I have often get through from my clients whenever a child come whenever the parents come with the child or whenever I hold any kind of training session I find student the children's really us I hope I wish these questions and the answers will be helpful to you to overcome your examination anxiety good luck thank you subscribe to our channel and click on the bell icon to get latest updates on upcoming videos