De-Stress Tactics (1 Viewer)

[jebbie]

I'm sure this has been raised before, a thousand times at least.. Anyways, this random Uni guy came into my school to talk to us about dealing with stress but it was no help!! It was all this stuff I already know about..

They talked about time management (which I /try/ to do), about not procrastinating (I try not to procrastinate.. I /promise/) and then they gave us dodgy de-stress tactics. Im feeling the stress build up right now and I was wondering what methods have worked or do work for people. And I swear if someone says laughter is the best medicine I'll scream D:

 

[nick1048]

just forget about it, do something else and come back to it when your more up to it. If you really hate the study then it's not worth doing anyway... Find another option, however like most people it's not the study that's the problem, it's the small time frame they have to complete tasks. Allow yourself breaks within study patterns, it works and helps to relieve tension. Also get some exercise, nothin worse than feeling uncomfortable whilst taking an exam. Finally, sleep!!! THIS IS CRITICAL, get to bed early and do an early morning cram if u have to, NO LATE NIGHT CRAMS. Sleeping is the best treatment before an exam.

 

[jebbie]

Finally, sleep!!! THIS IS CRITICAL, get to bed early and do an early morning cram if u have to, NO LATE NIGHT CRAMS. Sleeping is the best treatment before an exam.

Noooo D: I live for Late Night Crams. Theyre the only things that pull off As. I know my study habits are disgusting and thats what needs to change. I cant believe I couldnt have had this self-discovery about 3 years ago. I need a rewind button desperately.

 

[nick1048]

change em now... The HSC is a while away, revolutionise your patterns and pwn it

 

[champ_sammy_19]

check out my thread i put heaps of stuff on there about stress and motivation on there that could b of usehttp://www.boredofstudies.org/community/showthread.php?t=61206 it may help I put stuff on motivation on there yesterday

 

[nick1048]

go champ!!! Check out the resource section under general for Study guides and stuff like that! This has been done before your right, take advantage of the fact that these questions have been answered.

 

[jebbie]

Yes. Pwn the HSC. Will happen.... Heh what harm can positive thought have anyway?


Thanks Sammy, its so true as well, all my teachers are pressuring me. Especially English, my teacher has suddenly decided Im this extremely complex thinker and that all my ideas are 'head and shoulders' above everyone elses. not only that but she said if I could talk through my HSC I would ace it, she said I was incapable to express my higher thinking onto paper. Lucky me. Higher thinking wont save me if I cant write it down D: Oh well holidays aren't too far away and Ive put myself into a study camp so hopefully some good study habits will form and the HSC will indeed be pwned.




.. Hopefully

 

[nick1048]

goodluck!!! ^_^ and remember, we're all in this together *shrugs* at least we can help each other through it.

 

[jebbie]

Definately, anyone but my school friends are helping me through this. All my friends at school are turning into all these catty freaks who are only interested in seeing your mark so that if their mark is higher they can gloat and if their mark is lower they can pout and do just as much as saying 'How the feck did she get better then me' Oh the joys of an all girls' school D: {vent} That feels way better though. I think I might seriously have to invest in a journal or something so I dont have to prey on unfortunate souls with my stressed self. It makes me feel guilty.

Anyways that was another one of my lovely tangents. Good luck to you too! Im sure you'll ace your HSC.

 

[champ_sammy_19]

so tru and i try to help as much as i can Nick you must be a fan of mine how many 'go champ' is that today alone??? How nice to be loved on BOS:uhhuh:

 

[nick1048]

www.blogdrive.com

and im goin thru da same thing btw. HSC is cut-throat... bastards who think a number is worth more than self respect.

 

[jebbie]

Maybe it's cos you are a champ, Champ!

Ohmygosh. Im resorting to bad puns and jokes D: I feel so lame.

Im the youngest in my family and my eldest brother got 87. Not too good, but after all he was excelled a year @_@ I have no hope of getting a half decent mark.
Passing is my aim.

 

[wrong_turn]

i'm a late night crammer, but its starting to really piss me off. that is why during the holidays and from now on, i will do all the work for my subjects before hand. i an't take it anymore.

 

[champ_sammy_19]

www.blogdrive.com

and im goin thru da same thing btw. HSC is cut-throat... bastards who think a number is worth more than self respect.

At the end of the day you'll still get somewhere in life and succeed, I didnt get into uni ( I thought I was a loser) but at the end of the day I got into a selective TAFE course where they only looked at my HSC, the UAI and everything else meant nothing. You'll all suceed in what you wanna do for some it may take longer, but in the end we are our own champ.

 

[jebbie]

i'm a late night crammer, but its starting to really piss me off. that is why during the holidays and from now on, i will do all the work for my subjects before hand. i an't take it anymore.

Yay. LNCers unite! (And that is Late night crammers for anyone who thinks Ive gone insane)
We may have had dodgy study habits but we can change. Its never too late for change, right?

 

[jebbie]

At the end of the day you'll still get somewhere in life and succeed, I didnt get into uni ( I thought I was a loser) but at the end of the day I got into a selective TAFE course where they only looked at my HSC, the UAI and everything else meant nothing. You'll all suceed in what you wanna do for some it may take longer, but in the end we are our own champ.

Exactly. I dont even know if I /want/ to go to Uni. The thought of study and not even having the teachers breathing down your neck? Okay, so, the teachers are stressing me, but without them I doubt I would have submitted or turned up for any one of my assessment tasks. Uni is all about being self-motivated. That sounds plain scary to me. I know I want to take 2006 off to either work or something. If I do go to/Get into Uni I'll have to defer it for a year. I know my options and Im not freaking about Uni. Its more this impending doom called the HSC.

 

[champ_sammy_19]

I still can't believe i got through the whole thing, besides i think the whole thing is over rated in a way

 

[jebbie]

i think the whole thing is over rated in a way

I do too, but I also dont y'know?
Theres more then one ways to kill a cat or something.. but there are some ways youre more inclined to do because they are less effort. As in if I dont get into a Uni I like in a course I like I'd be less inclined to go and try to change after a year.

 

[champ_sammy_19]

true whoever came up with the HSC must have been insane thinking that this was a great idea to subject young minds to this much stress *hunt the person down and shoot them* god damn it

 

[jebbie]

Exactly, there surely must be some better way to test our intelligence and whether we're suitable for a job. Not friggin how well do we study.

Grr, now Im really angry and its like 1am and I have to get up early tomorrow to do random study even though I have no more assessments. Go me So literally, Go me {runs off to bed}