Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Activation Anxiety?

I was just wondering if anyone else experiences activation anxiety like myself?

I've been using Photoreading with my studies, but seeing how the material tends to be either dense or just very wordy, I tend to get into a 'this is frustrating' state. I have no problem doing all five steps, it's just that I get so frustrated that at times I have to just stop activating altogether.

I also tried regular reading only to discover how much slower it is. It's not only slow, it's far less engaging. But activation anxiety seems to just kick me in the face.

I realize that part of the anxiety is my desire to know everything all at once, so I literally give myself persmission to let it go and anticipate comprehension through layers of activation, but I just can't photoread the material the same way as I do with non-academic books.

Anyone have any hints on how to go about using photoreading with studying difficult material?

-Jason

I think I found the answer to my anxiety.

I briefly looked over the activation section in the PR book and I think I know what I was doing wrong. However, any tips or strategies on studying difficult material would still be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

-Jason

Search for a thread by AlexK Experiment / test. The experience of activation and how anxiety is common. But if you proceed there are rewards.

Alex

Alex,

Thanks for mentioning this. I found it to be very useful. It took me a while to find, but I'm glad I read it. For anyone else interested, it's here:

http://www.learningstrategies.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB8&Number=29822

In the same post, you mentioned a 4 page article on questions. Can I get access to it?

-Jason

By the way, I'm curious to know: Alex, when you first started photoreading, did you experience a lot of frustration? Also, how did you deal with it?

I ask because the frustration is often so strong that I cannot even continue activating after a few passes. I realize that I have to let go of needing to know everything all at once, but once I'm in that state, I can't just let it go..

I've had one fascinating 'aha' experience where things began to make sense, but it involved a lot of headache for me to get there. Honestly, I can't stand the headache as it's been bothering me lately.

-Jason

For the article email me.

When I first started PhotoReading I went into a state of shock that took me a couple of weeks to get over. It was the realisation that for my entire adult life I've been reading the time consuming way. I had to forgive myself for not having moved up the reading ladder sooner. I think that's one of the reasons we experience frustrations. We've been using elementary reading for so long it makes us feel like a dufus for not moving into the easier way to do it. So we play at frustration... creating a big learning curve.

I moved on in about 2 weeks and PhotoReading made perfect sense when I forgave myself for reading so slowly in the past because I really didn't know there was a faster way. The whole system is really logical.

The reason I did the above mentioned test/ experiment I wanted to return to the feeling that a beginner has to deal with. I knew all the steps but was reluctant to try it on a secondary language for me because I didn't know if I could make it work.

The only rules I applied were do it the way you are supposed to. So a book that would have taken me 21 plus hours to read (or rather I would never read because I honestly wouldn't finish it) I did in about 3 hours. Even less time than I used to spend on a book using traditional reading.

Headache.... drink more water before starting PhotoReading or studying. Stay hydrated. just 10% brain dehydration can impair your cognitive skills by 30%

Alex