Some of us have difficulty stopping our negative self-talk.
We have yet found a way to eliminate those thoughts.
It is easy to use an effective thought-stopping technique to overcome our worries and become relaxed.
To stop our negative thoughts, just silently shout to ourselves “Stop” or “Stop thinking about that”.
After the silent shout, either relax ourselves or repeat a positive self-talk statement (some examples can be found below, and you can create your own).
You may have to silently “shout” to yourself several times, if the negative thoughts keep coming back.
After every “shout” use a different relaxation technique or positive self-talk statement.
Thought-stopping works very well, because it interrupts the worry response before it is able to cause high anxiety.
Students who have frequent bouts of test anxiety should practice this technique each time a negative thought comes to mind.