Sunday, February 25, 2007
Anxiety Help - Panic and Fear Cause Test Anxiety
Panic and Fear Cause Test Anxiety
Everyone knows people who are extremely intelligent but who do poorly on formal exams because they suffer from test anxiety.
Consider this scenario: You've been up late at night for the past week studying for that all-important exam. You feel well-prepared and totally understand the material. But the day of the test you blank out and test anxiety sets in. You freeze and feel so nervous you can't come up with the correct answers for the questions you went over just last night.
Like other situations in which a person might feel performance anxiety, test anxiety brings on a stomachache or a tension headache. Some students might feel shaky, sweaty or feel their heart beating quickly as they wait for the test to be given out.
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