If you understand that the way in which you percieve an event has far reaching consequences, the following step is
- Investigate how you percieve test-taking and pay special attention to interfering negative ideas. Examples are:
"Everybody fails the test: (idea about the test situation), "I can't do it anyway" (idea about yourself) and "If I don't pass the test, I might just as well stop" (idea about the consequences).
Realise that these are subjective ideas, presumptions and speculations and not facts.
- It usually does not help to force yourself to take the opposite positive view of events. It is of great importance to develop a realistic point of view.
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