WHAT IS EXAM ANXIETY?

During exam season most students experience some anxiety. Waiting for your results can feel just as - if not more - overwhelming, sometimes college place depend on good grades. For some people, exam nerves can set in weeks or even months before their exams.

 

Exam anxiety can present as:

• You may experience butterflies in your stomach, sweaty palms, or a racing heart.

• You may worry that your memory will let you down

• You may fear you will revise the wrong things

• You may have trouble sleeping or eating

• Feeling pressure from yourself or others

• Comparing yourself to others

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These feelings of anxiety may make them so nervous they can't rest, and for others fear of failure might make them freeze and feel unable to 'get into' their revision. 

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Exam stress can affect how we feel, think and behave. You might experience different things before, during and after your exams.