gillyelephant
Usually when I'm confronted with a problem I don't know the answer to, I'll try it for a while and then when I realize I can't get it right, I move on to the next question. While I've moved on to the next question, I'm still thinking about the last one and I get very disoriented at this point.
I'm scared about this happening to me on the exam. Does anyone have any experience with this/any recommendations? Thank you.
I believe you have a very common problem that affects many students who prepare for the GMAT. Actually, let me correct myself - it affects almost everyone everday!
We either worry about the future (what kind of job will I land with an MBA in 2019) or worry about the past (did I do the right thing about choosing to do an MBA?). However you know that the future just cannot be predicted (think Trump!) and past cannot be erased (think Trump again!). What you do have is the present.
This is a problem that is well documented in Buddhist philosophy. This is the background to mindfulness - you can read about it here:
https://www.mindful.org/meditation/mindf ... g-started/ Or install the popular HeadSpace app to do some simple meditation that will make you calm. The whole idea is not to get flustered by what you did OR get anxious about what you will do - but instead go question by question. For each question - give your 100%. Your brain cannot afford to expand valuable mental energy thinking about what happened or what will happen on the GMAT - lest you slip into decision fatigue (
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cure-fo ... 1465596928)
I understand this is not a GMAT related problem - hence my response is more on the "psychology" of the test rather than anything else. It is not WHAT you are preparing - but HOW you are preparing that really matters.
Arun