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What is Test Anxiety and its symptoms

Whether you are an elementary school, junior high school, high school, college student, a professional career person taking continuing education, someone who is entering into a new career or preparing for a competitive exam, you may feel some amount of nervousness or feelings of anxiety when you have to take a test or an exam.

How to overcome exam anxiety?

If you find yourself tensing and getting anxious about an exam or a test, the following techniques will help you overcome it.
When you are feeling stressed, your body shows signs. Teach your body to relax using below breathing exercise.

How to come into the best state of mind on the day of the exam for best performance?

Have a good breakfast, carry a bottle of water and a few chewing gums.
Reach the exam centre not too early or late. Just sufficient.

How to overcome negative thoughts about a subject, studies, exam preparation or performance in exams?

Fortune telling-anticipating that things will turn out badly, you feel convinced that your prediction is an already established fact.

How to challenge negative talk about failing in an exam?

If I fail in an exam, I am finish - Unhelpful thoughts as it falls under "in all or nothing"
Evidence for supporting this thought.

How to overcome worry about test results?

Result are not everything, it's natural for students to worry about them as we have been taught to take pride in good results because they do pay off well.
For such students, getting poor results can seem like a disaster. You may worry about that your current grades are not

How to overcome stress of failing an exam you prepared with great care?

Will I pass? Will I get into the course I want or my parents or teachers expect? Will everything work out?
Everyone who takes exams feel anxious about the results.
Experiencing a certain amount of worry is completely normal.

How to handle inferiority, peer pressure due to competition?

An unhealthy attitude towards competition can cause a lot of performance pressure, inferiority and tension.
Competition starts right from the time we step into the world of education though school and it seems just to increase

How to handle stress due to expectations from parents and teachers?

Attempting to live up to the expectation and plans of others, usually parents, teachers, society may be overwhelming that can cause a large amount of stress.
Especially when your parents have invested a lot of time and money towards your tuition, books and college fees, it's natural

How to manage time effectively?

Time is your most precious resource. So, it is important that you manage it well. It is sometimes about making tough choices, but they are doable.
By taking that time to arrange your priorities, you can give

How to handle stress due to self-expectations about one's own performance?

Sometimes stress is self-imposed, such as when put pressure on ourselves to perform perfectly in every situations. Be it achieving better marks, competing with friends or gaining respects from peers and teachers or family.

How to overcome inferiority, helplessness and discouragement and be confident?

Despondency is a state of well-being wherein an individual goes through a cycle of feeling discouraged, sad, faithless and lack of hope. There are many things that can trigger despondency in a person such that repeated failures, no hope