Apologies for the long reply but oh man I have been in the same position. Before I took February, I cried in the bathroom of multiple New York Public Library branches. Every second not spent studying felt like time slipping by and as the test date got closer, the more panicked I became. I completely lost sight of quality over quantity. I was totally bypassing blind review because I thought that I needed to take more PTs to improve. I studied again for six weeks before July, and slowed myself down a bit. Still not enough blind review though so very little improvement and I had multiple breakdowns. I've used like four different study methods/books/programs because I couldn't find one that worked for me. You're not alone. I've been studying on and off since August 2019 so it's been over a year with this test.
Studying for a third (and hopefully final) time for October. I started off doing one PT section per day and blind reviewing all of it. I'm slowing myself down in LR so I'm not missing important wording. And on top of that, I'm seeing improvement. Also seconding the folks who talked about meditating. I've been doing that before I study to decompress from my workday and get into focus-mode. I say affirmations before I start. I went back on my anti-depressants after a few years off. My outlook has changed dramatically. I'm trying to find the little wins during every PT and really hype myself up. I won't lie and say that I look forward to taking PTs but I no longer dread them, and am excited to see how I do.
I know this is easier said than done, but LG is the most "learnable" of the sections for many people. If that's your weak spot, that's actually a good thing. I find doing logic games to be the least mentally taxing because it's like a bunch of fun puzzles. Do some of them untimed so you can really get an idea of what you need to look for in terms of inferences/applying rules quickly to questions. Once you get that LG score up, your overall score will improve a lot. You can do this. My experience mirrors yours in so many ways. Feel free to message me privately if you want to talk more!
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Apologies for the long reply but oh man I have been in the same position. Before I took February, I cried in the bathroom of multiple New York Public Library branches. Every second not spent studying felt like time slipping by and as the test date got closer, the more panicked I became. I completely lost sight of quality over quantity. I was totally bypassing blind review because I thought that I needed to take more PTs to improve. I studied again for six weeks before July, and slowed myself down a bit. Still not enough blind review though so very little improvement and I had multiple breakdowns. I've used like four different study methods/books/programs because I couldn't find one that worked for me. You're not alone. I've been studying on and off since August 2019 so it's been over a year with this test.
Studying for a third (and hopefully final) time for October. I started off doing one PT section per day and blind reviewing all of it. I'm slowing myself down in LR so I'm not missing important wording. And on top of that, I'm seeing improvement. Also seconding the folks who talked about meditating. I've been doing that before I study to decompress from my workday and get into focus-mode. I say affirmations before I start. I went back on my anti-depressants after a few years off. My outlook has changed dramatically. I'm trying to find the little wins during every PT and really hype myself up. I won't lie and say that I look forward to taking PTs but I no longer dread them, and am excited to see how I do.
I know this is easier said than done, but LG is the most "learnable" of the sections for many people. If that's your weak spot, that's actually a good thing. I find doing logic games to be the least mentally taxing because it's like a bunch of fun puzzles. Do some of them untimed so you can really get an idea of what you need to look for in terms of inferences/applying rules quickly to questions. Once you get that LG score up, your overall score will improve a lot. You can do this. My experience mirrors yours in so many ways. Feel free to message me privately if you want to talk more!