How to overcome GMAT depression and other behavior issues?

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stock2007: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 65; Joined: Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:54 am; Thanked: 6 times

by stock2007 » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:04 pm

Last few days.. i have got kind of burnt out.. distracted, depressed.. etc etc.. ordered some pizza. ate some icecream...

i am preparing to retake my test at the end of the month..

gmat affects you pschologically.. like nothing else..

any tips how to maintain focus, not get distracted, maintain calm, overcome anxiety, sadness, depression and other feelings during this journey..

i am sure some of you went through sleepless nights, broken down at time.. and overcame this battle..

any tips are welcome..

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beaterbeaterpumpkineater: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 8; Joined: Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:48 pm

You can do it!

by beaterbeaterpumpkineater » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:41 pm

Stay strong!

You will have your hard days.

I would recommend keeping a consistent schedule with eating and sleeping.

God knows though- I'm only a couple days away from my exam and I'm freaking out!

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by Stacey Koprince » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:21 pm

Sometimes, we do just get burned out. When that happens, take a day off. Do something that helps you to relax / burn off nervous energy. Exercise? Going out with friends? Seeing a movie? Whatever works for you! Listen to your body / mind.

I believe Eric has an article my company wrote linked in the Resources section somewhere - Stress Management for the GMAT. Go take a look and see if anything in there works for you!

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stock2007: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 65; Joined: Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:54 am; Thanked: 6 times

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by stock2007 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:56 pm

yeah thanks..

manhattan gmat.. scares me sometimes.

i made a booklet ( print out of all manhattan gmat challenge problems )

tried to do those in a timed condition..

i got killed.. and and depressed.. after those hard quant ..

but anyway.. i love your SC book

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by parore26 » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:47 am

Haha Manhattan GMAT Challenge questions did give me the yikes when i first saw them. To their credit they do post a disclaimer of some sort roughly stating that most people will get most questions wrong or so.

According to avoiding stress, depression. Get away from this forum for a couple of days. Avoid anything to do with GMAT for a couple of days. Slowly slide back into the GMAT rhytm. Also do your relaxation stuff that Stacy mentioned...

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knjeyanandan: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 3; Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:54 pm

stress buster

by knjeyanandan » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:15 am

the only stress buster that has helped me all these years of existence is sleep

but don just do that ..
try to control your dreams to somethin serene and soothing...

hope not to look at ur real world in your dreams too ...

i hope this helps

bye
all the best

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by Stacey Koprince » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:18 pm

Oh, don't use the challenge problems as any indicator! Half of them are what we call 800+ questions - they're way harder than anything you'd ever see on the test! Definitely don't let those get you down.

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