What can you do about Exam Stress?
We all know that exams are stressful
experiences.
But there's
a lot you can do to deal with that stress so that it will work for you, instead
of against you.
This
is a link to my Amazon book "How
to pass exams"
A
Kindle version is available here
Dealing with
stress means handling it effectively, by:
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Making
sure it stays within manageable levels |
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Converting
the stress that you do feel into extra energy and motivation, to improve your
revision and exam performance. |
You can
tackle exam stress in two ways:
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The
Main Point
A little stress can be a good thing - it helps
you to try that bit harder, and to keep going more. But stress is cumulative,
and each extra stressful event or situation adds to the total. If it builds up
too much, it can start interfering with your exam performance.
So the key to managing exam stress is to get
to grips with the little stresses in your life (the big ones won't go until the
exams are over, anyway). If you make sure that they don't make things worse,
you'll find that tackling the big stresses of the exams themselves is well
within your grasp.