I would like you to consider this for a moment. As you sit there and read this expose, information is entering your mind through your eyes. But you are also absorbing various sounds, feeling bodily feelings like the pressure of the chair touching your buttocks and back, the feeling of the clothing on your body, and the air temperature and movement on your skin. You are also receiving sensations via your nose in the form of aromas. And of course, you're receiving data in the form of the various tastes on your lips.

And think about the emotional thoughts that you are at the moment feeling? That's also data that you're processing at the moment. We exist in an information intensive world. Thanks to the Internet, almost anything and everything that you might want to know is only a few clicks of the mouse away.

Recently I read an item that said that even in a serene and peaceful setting, we are bombarded by sixty thousand stimuli per second. And that is happening sixty seconds out of each minute, and sixty minutes out of each hour. And it goes on twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, week in and week out for our entire life.

And that's a big part of the crisis. We are all being subjected to "information overload." And that makes it very tricky to remember all of the data that we want to memorize or need to recall.

Quite often, when we are reading, we realize that our eyes have been traversing the phrases on the page, while our conscious mind has been off somewhere else on a tangent. When we get to the bottom of the page, we realize that our eyes have seen the words, but we have no conscious remembrance of what we've just read. That's because our mind has been somewhere else thinking about a problem, or working out an assignment.

Today it is common to hear even young people say things like, "I'm having a senior moment." Regardless of your age, and whether you are a student, part of the work force, or a retired senior, I'm sure that you understand what I'm talking about. In our confused world it is very often very difficult to focus your concentration.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCENARIOS IS YOUR PROBLEM?

A. Your mind begins to meander as you read or study, and then gradually you appreciate that you have no idea what you have been reading.

B. When you are in a social environment and new contacts are introduced to you, you find that you forget their names as rapidly as you hear them.

C. You recall that you have a job to do in another room; however, as soon as you start to go to the other room you totally forget what that job is.

D. You can stay alert and understand new information. But when you take an exam, "Test Anxiety" overcomes you and triggers a mental block, and you are unable to recall the answers to the questions on the test that you in actual fact know.

The main cause of a student's lack of ability to focus their concentration is anxiety. And the main cause of a mental block to recall is also anxiety. So it stands to reason that the more relaxed a person is, the better they will be able to focus their concentration, absorb information, and then be able to recall it at a later date.

Today, hypnotherapy and memory enhancement has become a hot topic. That's to some extent because hypnotherapy is a first rate tool for triggering a relaxed state of being. As a matter of fact, the very essence of hypnosis is relaxation. And as the mind calms down, the capacity to keep the mind focused increases. Similarly, a serene mind enhances the ability to retain information, and remember it when it is needed.

Hypnotic memory enhancement is a fantastic modality for getting rid of test anxiety and mental blocks. There are several hypnotic techniques that can be used to program a person with a positive expectation of tranquility, self-reliance, and accomplishment while taking exams.

People can take a course on how to apply hypnotherapy easily and affordably in the privacy of their own home by purchasing hypnosis CD's. You can locate more information on hypnotherapy to enhance memory and recall in the Hypnosis Article Repository located on my website.

Author's Bio: 

Alan B. Densky, CH has specialized in the practice of hypnotherapy and NLP since 1978. He offers NLP CD's for memory and recall improvement and test anxiety. Visit his Neuro-VISION NLP site for free resources & MP3 downloads, and his Video Hypnosis Blog for tips & tricks.