Friends, please share, how remain calm /calm yourself and what you do when you get too anxious or fearful?During the exam or before the exam?
Both but more worried about during the exam.
Before the exam make sure you have your admit card and pens ready and checked. Go check out your centre, ideally the Sunday before so you have a rough idea of time it takes to reach and then keep a 10 minute buffer. This might differ from person to person, but I would revise as long as possible before my exam. I found it kept panic at bay.@Steph_Curry mentioned about not listening to music, but music helped calm me down a lot before the exam as well. I found that humming upbeat songs really helped me to not panic right before the exam actually starts.
During the exam, the time before the papers are distributed is what can really unnerve you, so keep to yourself, don’t talk to others during that time. I used to calm myself down and then hum songs under my breath (so as to not disturb others around me either). Once the OMR is distributed I used to take my time to fill my roll number carefully. This step really helps as well as rushing can create more panic.
Once the exam starts, I would keep my watch on the table and break it down into 4 slots of 30 minutes each. In the first 2 slots I would complete the first round of the paper (this was crucial to keep to the 30 minutes for 50 questions). I found I tended to overthink questions less when I knew I had to move on quickly. After that I would try and complete 2 more iterations at least within the next 45 minutes. I messed up my 2nd prelims because I didn’t time myself and panicked really hard throughout the exam. The less time you keep to ruminate and spilt hairs in the exam the less you’re likely to second guess your answers and therefore panic less. I hope this helped :)
