Hypnosis and Study/Exam Nerves.Entering a hypnotic trance can help memory, concentration and examination nerves by guiding you into a relaxed and improved state of confidence. The purpose of which is to convince your subconscious mind that you can easily focus and remember the required information for an examination. The hypnotic process also helps to counteract a tendency to procrastinate on study by introducing a self-image of commitment to do whatever it takes to pass that exam. Hypnosis, particularly self-hypnosis with a sound recording, uses a lot of visualisation techniques as this has proved to be far better for remembering that just lists of facts and figures. Visualisation, whilst in a light hypnotic trance is especially powerful, because you are literally re-training the thinking processes, at a deep mental level, to respond with greater accuracy when you want to recall information. You have probably heard of the "memory men" entertainers who can remember all kinds of facts and figures like people's telephone numbers, addresses or other information when only being told once at the beginning of their performance. In interveiws these memory men have said that they use a special form visualisation in their acts, that they "attach" to facts and figures that are given to them by the audience, usually via an assistant. And then because of the visualisation process, they assistant provides the memory man with a small prompt (like an obscure word) and he is able to recall detailed data (as a computer would) an hour or so later. This, indeed is a powerful form of self hypnosis where the conscious mind has been trained to access information from the subconscious with great accuracy.. It is said that a genius only uses around 12% of his mind's power, I strongly believe, with the help of hypnosis, that we all can train ourselves to use far more than this. It is not, these memory acts have have admitted, that they have Einstein-like brains, it's because of the way they use visualisation to calm the mind, and it is something anybody can train themselves to do. On top of this, we have one of the biggest barrier to doing well in exams, panic and anxiety. This may "kick in" the moment a student walks into an exam room and can be overcome by using simple but regular meditation techniques at home with (with an audio recording if necessary) and/or visiting a registered hypnotherapist.
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