Why do I have no confidence in myself?

I'm feeling really unconfident about how my GCSEs are going. It feels weird because in mocks I never really experienced this and I have always done well but now I feel like I am failing everything (not actually failing but getting lower grades than what I want).

Does anyone feel/has felt like this? Or does anyone have a solution to stopping these feelings because they are both inhibiting to my current revision and I fear to my relaxation in the holidays after

How much did you write in the exam and what did you write about?

I'm feeling really unconfident about how my GCSEs are going. It feels weird because in mocks I never really experienced this and I have always done well but now I feel like I am failing everything (not actually failing but getting lower grades than what I want).

Does anyone feel/has felt like this? Or does anyone have a solution to stopping these feelings because they are both inhibiting to my current revision and I fear to my relaxation in the holidays after

Hi i hope you are well i am sorry to hear that your having these feelings believe it or not you are not the only one i myself also feel like this from time to time the best advice i can really give you is to try telling yourself that you did your very best in the exam and also try to look after yourself during this difficult period i often go outside for a walk or find somewhere nice and quite and unwind and then come back to whatever i was doing and that seemed to help me focus better


Have a nice day !

Yes, I have been feeling like this alot too. I have always got high grades in mocks and felt relatively happy with them and didn't really feel this lack of confidence before. I think it may be because you're in a slightly different frame of mind (you know it isn't simply against your peers and you won't be going through it in class etc.). Also, if you're a bit perfectionist like me, it does make it worse (I can make one tiny mistake and feel entirely unhappy about my exam performance). Just know that you're not alone and many other people, especially those who do well, feel this. I think, as someone told me a few days ago, its also important to realise that our final exams are rarely our best performance (i.e. the best piece of work you've ever done) and if it's not, that's normal and you can do perfectly well in it. We all feel a bit deflated anyway after a final exam because you realise all your work over two years has culminated into 1-2 hours, so this can add to it too.

Wow that is really relatable, I am also a bit of a perfectionist so I guess that's why I may feel this way. I have also had issues with procrastination and keep getting annoyed at myself because I feel less prepared than mocks, do you feel the same way?

This is exactly me. I did insanely well in my mocks but I'm feeling really hopeless about getting grades as good as them in the real thing. I've revised loads but I'm always worrying about things I might have got wrong in previous exams, even really small marking points. Maybe it's because I am always comparing it to my mock performance. Anyway, it's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one.

Something which helps me out a bit is to write down on a piece of paper / document how you think each exam went out of 10, and your thoughts about it, and you either realise that it wasn't as bad as you thought it was or at the very least you can try to get the thoughts out of your head.

Yes, I feel so similar! This might sound slightly strange but because the information is a bit more embedded now than in my mocks, I feel less prepared (as I don't feel I can just recall masses of information with no prompt) and it takes me longer. Is this the same for you? Regarding procrastination, I feel that too - I finish exams at around 11 but I never really start work until like 2/3 because I just can't switch off from them and keep on thinking about whether I remembered to put something for an answer. For mocks, it was slightly easier because I had minimum two a day and I knew that whilst they may contribute to TAGs, they were likely to be just mocks. Also, I almost don't feel nervous for exams now - I feel like I have almost been desensitised due to the masses of mocks I have sat, which is good but then I question why I don't feel nervous or anxious. To be honest, sometimes I feel a little deflated and empty and as if I don't care. Definitely looking forward to the summer and then being able to move on to A-Levels!

Bro! I feel exactly the same. Wow I really thought i was alone in this. But help me I keep getting annoyed and worried that because I feel less prepared and I have procrastinated that I will drop a grade in all my subjects. I don't know how to stop this feeling and how to relax and feel confident about future exams. I worried that all this stress could be because I will generally not get the grade I want and that I have failed myself. I don't know what to do, honestly sometimes I feel so down about this I literally cried last night when I was going to sleep. How do I stop this?

Bro! I feel exactly the same. Wow I really thought i was alone in this. But help me I keep getting annoyed and worried that because I feel less prepared and I have procrastinated that I will drop a grade in all my subjects. I don't know how to stop this feeling and how to relax and feel confident about future exams. I worried that all this stress could be because I will generally not get the grade I want and that I have failed myself. I don't know what to do, honestly sometimes I feel so down about this I literally cried last night when I was going to sleep. How do I stop this?

Also, confidence is very subjective and many people who act confident are not actually. It's very common to be anxious or worried about the exam after you've finished it (I frequently am), but that's perfectly fine as long as you know that you've done your best.