Anxiety Help
Anxiety, help
Test anxiety is just one variation of anxiety which clients seek help for on an increasing basis. The following press release shows how Emotional Freedom Techniques can provide the help that you have been looking for, not only for test anxiety but for anxiety of all sorts.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) -- Standardized tests are a fact of life in elementary school, high school, and college, and employment application tests are a fact of life in the job market. Most test-takers feel some anxiety before exams, but for many, tests are serious stumbling blocks. No matter how prepared they are or how hard they study, their minds go blank.
Now a simple do-it-yourself acupressure tapping technique called EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is being used by students and job applicants around the world to reduce and even eliminate test anxiety before and during exams and job interviews. The procedure takes just a few minutes. EFT is fully explained in a free manual that can be downloaded from http://www.emofree.com/downloadeftmanual.asp
Psychologists and counselors who treat students and the public for panic attacks say that test anxiety can have as many symptoms as a physical illness, including headaches, nausea or vomiting, diarrhoea, hot flushes, cold sweats, shortness of breath, rapid heart beat, dry mouth, dizziness, and even fainting spells.
The most widely used methods for treating test anxiety include preparation, practice, developing good study habits, remembering to eat, sleep, and exercise on a normal schedule, maintaining a positive attitude, and learning relaxation techniques such as deep breathing or progressive muscle relaxation.
“All of these can make a difference,” says Los Angeles physician Eric Robins, MD, “but when someone feels anxious, his or her sympathetic nervous system is firing off, producing the rapid pulse, sweating, and other symptoms that are associated with test anxiety. I think this shunts blood away from the frontal lobes of the brain, which is where much of our thinking, processing, and test-taking ability comes from. In an exam or interview situation, this is a problem.
“EFT works by restoring the body’s flow of energy and blood circulation. This brings people back to the physiological state they were in when they learned the material in the first place. The theory of state-dependent learning says that people are able to retrieve information easier if they are in the same state as they were when they learned it. If you were calm and relaxed while studying, it’s difficult to retrieve information when you’re in a state of panic. EFT quickly restores you to the ideal place for state-dependent learning to work.”
Even though EFT is a new technique, it has an impressive track record in treating performance anxiety triggered by everything from SAT tests and college boards to athletic performance.
My clients receive this level of help and relief from their anxiety on a regular basis. You can receive this same level of help for your anxiety. Don’t battle on and hope that the symptoms will get better. It is likely that will get worse if you don’t clear the emotional blocks which are causing the symptoms. Help is readily available, by phone or in person! Once you learn the technique you can easily use it yourself, whenever and wherever you are feeling the symptoms. You don’t need to wait for an appointment with a therapist. You will have the tools to keep you anxiety under control, under all circumstances.
Suzanne Scarrow at www.personalpeace.com.au
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Online Seminars
You can now learn Emotional Freedom Techniques in your own time in the comfort of your own home. These online seminars are presented in an easy to understand format, for you to do your own work on the issues that are holding you back in your life.
Workshops
Workshops are held regularly throughout the year in Cairns and could be held in other regions if there is enough need.