I noticed when I’m not timing myself I feel more comfortable using the strategies I’ve learned. When I begin timing myself and have the looming numbers of my set timer blinking at me, I suddenly feel the air in my lungs still and all the strategies leave my brain as though they were never there to begin with. Has any one experienced something similar to this? Is this just testing anxiety?
This isn’t something that’s necessarily new for me. Every time I have to take a test, even if i prepare for it to the utmost, my body and brain launches into a panic and I suddenly have to force my brain to reboot. If so, does anyone have any advice for ways to remedy this anxiety surrounding timing oneself during practice?
