Reading therapy for anxiety in college entrance examination

[Keywords:] College entrance examination; Test anxiety; Reading therapy 1. The performance of anxiety in college entrance examination. Wang Jisheng, a researcher at China Academy of Sciences, conducted a survey on dozens of top college entrance examination candidates admitted to Peking University in recent years. The results show that among the 20 factors that affect the results of college entrance examination, the importance of learning foundation ranks fourth, the importance of learning methods ranks third, the importance of pre-test mentality ranks second, and the importance of test mentality ranks first.

As the exam approaches, candidates will inevitably feel nervous and anxious. However, if candidates want to ensure their normal performance in the exam, they must adjust their mentality as soon as possible and deal with their anxiety.

Psychologists have found that reading has a good therapeutic effect on psychological diseases such as anxiety. A survey found that people who have a strong interest in reading are generally more open-minded and can understand life correctly. They rarely cause psychological problems because of difficulties or setbacks in life, and even if there are some problems, they can be solved quickly.

Coleridge, an English literary critic, said, "A good book is a pharmacy, and every article in it is a pill with lasting efficacy."

Second, the introduction of reading therapy.

Biblitherpy, also known as book therapy. The research history of western reading therapy has been more than one hundred years. 1848，J？ m？ Galt read the paper "On Reading, Recreation and Re-Recreation of Psychopaths" at the annual meeting of American Psychiatry, put forward the function of bibliotherapy, and analyzed the types of patients and the corresponding reading prescriptions, which was regarded as the first paper on the study of bibliotherapy. 19 16 American Samuel? Croce coined and used the word "bibliotherapy" in The Atlantic Monthly. 196 1 earned the third edition of Webster's new international dictionary.

In fact, as a medical practice, bibliotherapy has existed in China for a long time, and many medical records about bibliotherapy have been recorded in history books. Wang Bo, an elite of Peking University Library who is proficient in history books, confirmed through a large number of historical materials that our ancestors used books as medicine to treat diseases one or two thousand years ago, and there was a prescription for bibliotherapy similar to Compendium of Materia Medica. Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty also pointed out: "Books are still medicine, and good scholars can cure fools." This is a metaphor, but also refers to reality. "Treating fools" is to enlighten the mind and increase knowledge. With more knowledge, a higher level, an open mind and a broad mind, without worries and worries, we can resolve all kinds of worries and maintain a healthy and optimistic attitude, so as to achieve the purpose of disease-free treatment and disease prevention and treatment. It can be seen that reading plays an important role in treating diseases and preserving health, and the principle of reading therapy is interlinked with "regulating emotions and cultivating self-cultivation".

Third, when to read?

(A) weariness of learning, mental fatigue

Senior three students often have inattention, distraction and "distraction" in their studies. There may be the following reasons for distraction: boredom caused by monotonous stimulation, such as repetitive and boring learning materials; Denying the value of the object of concern leads to the failure of will efforts or giving up efforts; Another situation is the fatigue effect caused by mental fatigue.

From a psychological point of view, when we are engaged in the same job for a long time, it is easy to feel tired, so as to protect ourselves from excessive fatigue. In other words, the human body will suppress fatigue by reducing work efficiency. If you don't pay attention to rest at this time and let the tired situation continue, the learning effect will get worse and worse and the efficiency will get lower and lower. If you blame yourself for the low learning efficiency and increase the amount of learning, it will add insult to injury and may also lead to anxiety. This cycle will lead to a vicious cycle. When we are tired, we should take a proper rest, flip through magazines and read books to make ourselves happy.

Make full use of spare time

Time is often not wasted hour by hour, but slips away minute by minute. Time fragments are the most precious, but they are also the easiest to throw away. As long as you do a simple calculation, you will understand how much the so-called spare time takes up in your day. We spend a lot of time waiting every day: we have to wait for the bus when we go to school in the morning, we have to wait in line when we eat in the school cafeteria at noon, and we may have to wait for the bus when we come home from school in the afternoon ... There are two poems in Lu Fangweng called "Tell children not to light their own fires, but to study after dinner". It's hard to wait for dinner in the future. Isn't it wonderful to use it to study? Similarly, instead of wasting time waiting in the middle of your mind, it is better to read a beautiful essay calmly.

(3) Before going to bed

If a person's brain wants to think clearly and react sensitively, it must have enough sleep. If you don't get enough rest for a long time, it will affect its creative thinking and ability to deal with things. After ten years of grinding a sword, it has now been drawn. For candidates, a serious examination atmosphere will inevitably make people feel a little flustered, and excessive tension will also cause insomnia.

British philosopher Bacon said, "Reading is enough to make people happy." Reading a book before going to bed can make us feel calmer and fall asleep more smoothly. For example, the masterpiece of Keats, a famous British poet, and the collection of essays such as Dance by Chen, a contemporary writer in China, are all good bedtime books.

Fourth, what to read?

(1) Read the news

Senior three can't "read only sage books" or "hear what's going on outside the window". Reading "News Network", flipping through "Half-monthly Talk" magazine and reading the latest newspapers can not only understand current affairs information, but also expand knowledge, which will play a positive role in grasping the direction of college entrance examination proposition. After reading too many editorials and commentary articles, are you afraid of writing argumentative essays?

(2) Reading jokes and humorous stories

When the heart is full of anxiety and sadness, our body will have symptoms such as muscle tension, gastrointestinal discomfort, headache, dizziness, nausea and sweating. Laughing can completely relax our bodies and liberate our spirits. Therefore, reading humorous and joke stories will make us feel comfortable after smiling, or understand the world and ease our worries and anger, thus eliminating tension and anxiety. Books and periodicals such as Humor, Ancient and Modern Jokes, Satire and Humor, King of Comics, etc. can make us say goodbye to troubles and irritability.

(3) Reading poetry

As early as 2400 years ago, Confucius said to his disciples, "Poetry can be appreciated, observed, shared and resented." The so-called "xing" refers to imagination and association; "Observation" refers to observation; "Group" means living in groups; "Resentment" refers to venting grievances. Generally speaking, reading poetry can make people have rich imagination and associative power, and achieve the purpose of regulating emotions and calming the mind in a subtle way; Reading poems can make people understand human society, gain insight into life and learn the truth of being a man. Reading poems can help us get along with others better and integrate ourselves into society. Reading poems can vent grievances and relieve depression, so as to achieve the purpose of bathing in the snow and calming the mind.

Ma Jian, a professor of clinical basis of traditional Chinese medicine at Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that classical poetry can prevent psychosomatic diseases. "Classical poetry is short and pithy, suitable for modern fast-paced life; Rich and colorful content meets people's inner needs; The distant and profound artistic conception has calmed people's impetuous hearts. For example, poems such as' a dead vine is crying, a small bridge is flowing' can often calm the impetuous heart, while poems such as' autumn has been sad and lonely since ancient times, and I say autumn is not as good as spring' can often make depressed emotions rise, and when shouting' Are we Artemisia people', it can make frustrated people more energetic ... "

Poetry therapy is also very popular abroad. After years of research, doctors at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom believe that "reading poetry is more effective than swallowing pills to treat anxiety and depression." In the psychiatric department of a hospital in Milan, a famous Italian city, doctors led patients with depression to read Longfellow's Ode to Life aloud. Many pharmacies in the United States have beautifully bound and printed poems for sale as medicines or health care products, with descriptions of functions, usages and taboos.

Reading prose

The sentences in prose are usually elegant and subtle, gentle and wonderful, sometimes flowing, sometimes singing and dancing lightly, sometimes playing the guzheng is breathtaking, and sometimes it is like a mist in a rainy day, and I don't know where to go. Whether taking notes or writing scenes, prose has one of the biggest characteristics, that is, writing for emotion, and each narrative theme is the condensation point of the author's thoughts and feelings. Prose can make us treat life with a casual attitude and read prose. Through the impetuousness and noise in reality, we can see the simple truth in life. Reading the essays of Lin Qingxuan, Liu Yong and Yu can bring peace, hope and courage to our anxious, hesitant and depressed hearts. In addition, leisure books such as Readers, East and West, North and South, and Youth Digest especially like to publish articles with beautiful words and rich philosophies, which can make people suddenly enlightened after reading them.

(5) reading novels and masterpieces

Since 2008, China's college entrance examination has been greatly adjusted, and the reading of famous books and articles has been included in the examination scope. The examination syllabus clearly requires candidates to understand the main contents and artistic characteristics of famous works. The appendix also specifies the titles of famous works, including Romance of the Three Kingdoms, A Dream of Red Mansions, Scream, Home, Border Town, Eugenie Grandet, The Old Man and the Sea, Goddess, Thunderstorm and Hamlet.

Psychologists have found that the function of reading novels is not only to entertain, dispel boredom and forget pain and troubles, but more importantly, in the process of reading, readers will involuntarily resonate with the emotional connotation of the works to varying degrees, thus producing beautiful enjoyment, arousing some lofty feelings or changing their attitude towards life. Rich reading psychological experience can also help readers gradually establish a healthy and peaceful mentality, overcome psychological barriers and enhance self-confidence.

Candidates in senior three hope that you can read "light books" after intense study, and I believe you will get wisdom and happiness from it.

(Author: No.3 Middle School in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. E-mail :Guojing_73@sina.com)

Editor/Yu Hong