These are timed tests, what I find best if this situation is encountered during a question.
Close your eyes and inhale then exhale, just do it naturally.
Flag the question and move on no matter how easy it seems.
This gives you a fresh start on a fresh question with a fresh state of mind, takes maybe 5 seconds but I find it better personally and its less time which is what we all want and we all need. Hope this suggestion helps someone find their happy place if this happens during the test, or even find and create their own mini stress breaks!
Please share yours if you think it could be helpful for us!!!
If you're finding that multiple deep breaths take too long, or you are breathing them too fast to be a good reset because you are trying to fit them into 10-15 seconds, I humbly suggest doing one long deep breath and then one shorter breath and a quick sigh.
To guide this and the timing I hear in my head, "Slowly" as I inhale the long breath, then "and a long deep sweeping sigh" as I exhale. Then to guide the shorter breath I hear "Now I lock it up, as I take another little breath and a quick sigh."
You can put it in your own words, but I really like this combination because you get to take your time with the deep breath and then the concept of "locking it up" with a shorter breath really creates the feeling of locking in the calm and getting back in the game.
I find it resets fight or flight, makes me feel calmer and stronger, and actually only takes 10-15 seconds. I learned it from a 1930s recording of a spiritual teacher named Edwin J Dingle, so thanks Mr. Dingle.
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All I have to say is that this has placed me in manual breathing mode, and Im not happy about it.
These are timed tests, what I find best if this situation is encountered during a question.
Close your eyes and inhale then exhale, just do it naturally.
Flag the question and move on no matter how easy it seems.
This gives you a fresh start on a fresh question with a fresh state of mind, takes maybe 5 seconds but I find it better personally and its less time which is what we all want and we all need. Hope this suggestion helps someone find their happy place if this happens during the test, or even find and create their own mini stress breaks!
Please share yours if you think it could be helpful for us!!!
Wish this section was a lot longer and more in depth as I feel this is my primary obstacle
If you're finding that multiple deep breaths take too long, or you are breathing them too fast to be a good reset because you are trying to fit them into 10-15 seconds, I humbly suggest doing one long deep breath and then one shorter breath and a quick sigh.
To guide this and the timing I hear in my head, "Slowly" as I inhale the long breath, then "and a long deep sweeping sigh" as I exhale. Then to guide the shorter breath I hear "Now I lock it up, as I take another little breath and a quick sigh."
You can put it in your own words, but I really like this combination because you get to take your time with the deep breath and then the concept of "locking it up" with a shorter breath really creates the feeling of locking in the calm and getting back in the game.
I find it resets fight or flight, makes me feel calmer and stronger, and actually only takes 10-15 seconds. I learned it from a 1930s recording of a spiritual teacher named Edwin J Dingle, so thanks Mr. Dingle.