Hi All,

Anybody successful at getting past testing nerves? I'm in my 100s. At home, when I practice at a 120 or 140 speed, I may not get all the words, but what I get is with fluid strokes and a high degree of accuracy. I am amazed at how accurate I am even when I just let my fingers fly. I come to class feeling confident about bagging a 100 (or two), and then I freeze up as I'm being chased by a mountain lion. (Fight or flight mode I think they call it.) I do deep breathiing, prayer, more breathing, I talk to myself, etc., but nothing is working. I can barely write at 80 in class, and even that is stilted, bunched up, and full of mis-strokes. I don't know how to recreate that feeling of relaxing and letting my fingers go like I do when I practice.

This does not bode well for progressing, let alone someday passing the TX RPR exam. I'd really appreciate any advice anyone has.

Julie