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Exam anxiety
I know a hell of a lot of people are going to be feeling this way but i really need some advice.
I'm so anxious at the moment - i wake up & feel knots in my stomach dreading an exam next week... I'm an A-student according to teachers but i just doubt myself so much... I really don't believe i can get through my exams next week.
This dread feeling is bringign me down & de-motivating me. I just feel really low and am having troubles eating & sleeping. I don't even have a very high offer for uni - BBB but i just don't know if i'll get in with my lack of revision.
Please someone cheer me up.
Any tips for avoiding the anxiety?
I'm so anxious at the moment - i wake up & feel knots in my stomach dreading an exam next week... I'm an A-student according to teachers but i just doubt myself so much... I really don't believe i can get through my exams next week.
This dread feeling is bringign me down & de-motivating me. I just feel really low and am having troubles eating & sleeping. I don't even have a very high offer for uni - BBB but i just don't know if i'll get in with my lack of revision.
Please someone cheer me up.
Any tips for avoiding the anxiety?
I am feeling similar to you - constantly feeling keyed up at the moment and I expect it'll last till exams are over.
My advice would just be to make sure you do as much revision as you can - even if it's just an hour, you will feel so much more satisfied and pleased with yourself, and it will help to calm you down if you concentrate on the topics themselves rather than just mindlessly worrying about exams.
All you can do is to do your best - there's no need for you to feel guilty if you know you're putting in all your effort.
Try and eat sensibly and do some exercise too. Going for a walk will help to clear your head!!
I must admit, I could do with taking my own advice!! I ought to get a couple of hours decent revision in before I have to go out this afternoon - but instead I am on TSR!!
I totally understand how unmotivated you can feel, even when you know you have to put the work in in order to get the grades you need. I guess it is just part and parcel of the exam process I'm afraid.
Good luck, I'm sure you will be fine - take half an hour to go and do something completely different if you're just sitting there not doing anything constructive, then come back to revision later.
Feel free to PM me if you like
Dani x
My advice would just be to make sure you do as much revision as you can - even if it's just an hour, you will feel so much more satisfied and pleased with yourself, and it will help to calm you down if you concentrate on the topics themselves rather than just mindlessly worrying about exams.
All you can do is to do your best - there's no need for you to feel guilty if you know you're putting in all your effort.
Try and eat sensibly and do some exercise too. Going for a walk will help to clear your head!!
I must admit, I could do with taking my own advice!! I ought to get a couple of hours decent revision in before I have to go out this afternoon - but instead I am on TSR!!
I totally understand how unmotivated you can feel, even when you know you have to put the work in in order to get the grades you need. I guess it is just part and parcel of the exam process I'm afraid.
Good luck, I'm sure you will be fine - take half an hour to go and do something completely different if you're just sitting there not doing anything constructive, then come back to revision later.
Feel free to PM me if you like
Dani x
Reply 5
*Farfalla*
I know a hell of a lot of people are going to be feeling this way but i really need some advice.
I'm so anxious at the moment - i wake up & feel knots in my stomach dreading an exam next week... I'm an A-student according to teachers but i just doubt myself so much... I really don't believe i can get through my exams next week.
This dread feeling is bringign me down & de-motivating me. I just feel really low and am having troubles eating & sleeping. I don't even have a very high offer for uni - BBB but i just don't know if i'll get in with my lack of revision.
Please someone cheer me up.
Any tips for avoiding the anxiety?
I'm so anxious at the moment - i wake up & feel knots in my stomach dreading an exam next week... I'm an A-student according to teachers but i just doubt myself so much... I really don't believe i can get through my exams next week.
This dread feeling is bringign me down & de-motivating me. I just feel really low and am having troubles eating & sleeping. I don't even have a very high offer for uni - BBB but i just don't know if i'll get in with my lack of revision.
Please someone cheer me up.
Any tips for avoiding the anxiety?
Well, im keeping myself going by the thought of my holidays, hurrah, after A-levels. Just tell yourself that you only have another 1/2 weeks hard grind, and after that, you can paint the town red, so to speak
Reply 6
I think we can all tell that you will be holidaying with a bunch of other lads in the country of Lederhosen. Not something to look forward to, methinks.
Sorry if anyone found it offensive, wasn't my intention 
About anxiety, don't think about "what will happen if I don't do well" and stuff like that. Just think about the subject and nothing else. It is hard but it will help. You can try memorising something from the text book, it will stop you from thinking about other stuff.
And don't think about the holiday. Allow your mind to focus on the subject you are taking and nothing else.
About anxiety, don't think about "what will happen if I don't do well" and stuff like that. Just think about the subject and nothing else. It is hard but it will help. You can try memorising something from the text book, it will stop you from thinking about other stuff.
And don't think about the holiday. Allow your mind to focus on the subject you are taking and nothing else.
Reply 8
Big Fat Mel
I think we can all tell that you will be holidaying with a bunch of other lads in the country of Lederhosen. Not something to look forward to, methinks.
mmmm.....German men in leather-clad pants.....
What have i let myself in for?
Reply 9
There are plenty of people feeling nervous-me included! I think I've ended up so stressed and nervous that its making me exhausted! I've been nervous about not remembering stuff but thats proved to be no problem at all. All you can do is properly prepare by revising and keep in mind that it won't be long until its over! And give yourself a break from your books too- and allow yourself some relaxation.
Reply 10
Know the feeling. In my first year uni exams, I ended up valiumed up to my eyeballs, and got a 2i when I was predicted a first. Am having counselling now, sounds daft but it helps.
Reply 11
*Farfalla*
I know a hell of a lot of people are going to be feeling this way but i really need some advice.
I'm so anxious at the moment - i wake up & feel knots in my stomach dreading an exam next week... I'm an A-student according to teachers but i just doubt myself so much... I really don't believe i can get through my exams next week.
This dread feeling is bringign me down & de-motivating me. I just feel really low and am having troubles eating & sleeping. I don't even have a very high offer for uni - BBB but i just don't know if i'll get in with my lack of revision.
Please someone cheer me up.
Any tips for avoiding the anxiety?
I'm so anxious at the moment - i wake up & feel knots in my stomach dreading an exam next week... I'm an A-student according to teachers but i just doubt myself so much... I really don't believe i can get through my exams next week.
This dread feeling is bringign me down & de-motivating me. I just feel really low and am having troubles eating & sleeping. I don't even have a very high offer for uni - BBB but i just don't know if i'll get in with my lack of revision.
Please someone cheer me up.
Any tips for avoiding the anxiety?
I am exactly the same as you. Have a BBB offer from uni, and got A's last year. What helped me is looking at a worst case scenario. If I only just scrape C's in all my exams, I end up with BBCC, but I know I'm better than that. I know I can get a minimum of B's in some of the exams, so I can make it into uni. Even if it's only just, I'm still gunna get in. And that's what you have to think. Sure we'd all love straight A's, but as long as you make your offer and get into uni, is it that bad if you don't?
I look like crap atm. No sleep, little food, stress spots, lack of colour because I spend my days inside... But it doesn't really matter does it? In a couple of weeks time it will all be over *stomach churns* and there isn't anything you can do to change your results. How well you are going to do is determined as soon as you finish your exam, and there's nothing you can do to change it :. there's no point in worrying about it.
Just revise like hell until the end of exams. Try and get some sleep and eat something. Don't get dehydrated (the brain is very sensitive to this) and try not to worry too much.
PM me if you want to talk.
for ages I was positive that I could only do my best. I started revision early to make sure that I secured myself at least 3 C's in all my subjects and maybe even get one of them up to a B.
Recently I keep having these dreams that its results day and I dont get the grades I need to go to my first choice, I dont want to go to my second choice anymore, what happens if they won't let me in if i don't have the grades, then what do i do? repeat the year? well i dont want to do that, I dont want to get a job at this stage either. (It's quite ironic - I never wanted to go to uni and only applied because my teachers told me to. Now I really want to go)
I had an exam the other day which didnt go well and I keep thinking what if I now get a D in that - that was potentially my strongest subject and now I may have mucked it up so much that I get a D, meaning the pressure is really on in my other two subjects.
Apart from anything else, I really want all C's (minimum) because I want to do this for myself. I got an A and a B in the two subjects that I have carried on from GCSE and I will be really pissed off if i get anything lower than a C at A level, espically because it feels like I have stayed at roughly the same level - ie someone said to me a A at GCSE equiates to about a C at A-level, and it's really anoying with nothing you can do about it
Recently I keep having these dreams that its results day and I dont get the grades I need to go to my first choice, I dont want to go to my second choice anymore, what happens if they won't let me in if i don't have the grades, then what do i do? repeat the year? well i dont want to do that, I dont want to get a job at this stage either. (It's quite ironic - I never wanted to go to uni and only applied because my teachers told me to. Now I really want to go)
I had an exam the other day which didnt go well and I keep thinking what if I now get a D in that - that was potentially my strongest subject and now I may have mucked it up so much that I get a D, meaning the pressure is really on in my other two subjects.
Apart from anything else, I really want all C's (minimum) because I want to do this for myself. I got an A and a B in the two subjects that I have carried on from GCSE and I will be really pissed off if i get anything lower than a C at A level, espically because it feels like I have stayed at roughly the same level - ie someone said to me a A at GCSE equiates to about a C at A-level, and it's really anoying with nothing you can do about it
I'm really nervous, and I was convinced I'd start revising a long time ago. The problem is that subjects are just so mind numbingly boring, and (not to sound arrogant) but each time I revise I don't learn anythign new, I know it all already.
But, despite "knowing" it I know I'm not going to get the predicted grades and it's makign me really nervy. And, at this point I'm just so bored that I don't care anymore, I just want to sit the exams so I never have to think about the subjects again.
But, despite "knowing" it I know I'm not going to get the predicted grades and it's makign me really nervy. And, at this point I'm just so bored that I don't care anymore, I just want to sit the exams so I never have to think about the subjects again.
Reply 14
The Mudman
I am exactly the same as you. Have a BBB offer from uni, and got A's last year. What helped me is looking at a worst case scenario. If I only just scrape C's in all my exams, I end up with BBCC, but I know I'm better than that. I know I can get a minimum of B's in some of the exams, so I can make it into uni. Even if it's only just, I'm still gunna get in. And that's what you have to think. Sure we'd all love straight A's, but as long as you make your offer and get into uni, is it that bad if you don't?
I look like crap atm. No sleep, little food, stress spots, lack of colour because I spend my days inside... But it doesn't really matter does it? In a couple of weeks time it will all be over *stomach churns* and there isn't anything you can do to change your results. How well you are going to do is determined as soon as you finish your exam, and there's nothing you can do to change it :. there's no point in worrying about it.
Just revise like hell until the end of exams. Try and get some sleep and eat something. Don't get dehydrated (the brain is very sensitive to this) and try not to worry too much.
PM me if you want to talk.
I look like crap atm. No sleep, little food, stress spots, lack of colour because I spend my days inside... But it doesn't really matter does it? In a couple of weeks time it will all be over *stomach churns* and there isn't anything you can do to change your results. How well you are going to do is determined as soon as you finish your exam, and there's nothing you can do to change it :. there's no point in worrying about it.
Just revise like hell until the end of exams. Try and get some sleep and eat something. Don't get dehydrated (the brain is very sensitive to this) and try not to worry too much.
PM me if you want to talk.
That's a really nice post... thanks
Nice to know i'm not the only one.Reply 15
I've had some really weird dreams too relating to exams. I had one where I was in Psychology but we were back at the start of AS and I was like "whats going on? I'm supposed to be about to finish doing psychology!!" 
It was very scary!
It was very scary!I know it doesn't compare at all really- I'm only in year 10 at the moment, but I have the distinct feeling I am going to feel exactly the same as you in a year when I do my GCSES, and for A(S) levels after that.
I know teachers are experienced, and are unlikely to get your grade wrong, but you can't help but wonder if they're being a bit too optimistic. There's no harm in being positive, and aiming for high grades; but sometimes it can really put lots of pressure on you. I've still got a year to go until GCSEs and already teachers are saying specific comments on our end of year reports as to what they expect us to get. But who can tell yet? So much could happen in that time.
Try not to put too much pressure on yourself. If you can't sleep; don't force yourself, because you'll just get frustrated and feel worse. Think positively, yet realistically. "In the worst case scenario I may get ___, but this still is enough to guarantee me a place at university/ this isn't the end of the world, I still have other options".
I hope it goes well for you all with exams.
I know teachers are experienced, and are unlikely to get your grade wrong, but you can't help but wonder if they're being a bit too optimistic. There's no harm in being positive, and aiming for high grades; but sometimes it can really put lots of pressure on you. I've still got a year to go until GCSEs and already teachers are saying specific comments on our end of year reports as to what they expect us to get. But who can tell yet? So much could happen in that time.
Try not to put too much pressure on yourself. If you can't sleep; don't force yourself, because you'll just get frustrated and feel worse. Think positively, yet realistically. "In the worst case scenario I may get ___, but this still is enough to guarantee me a place at university/ this isn't the end of the world, I still have other options".
I hope it goes well for you all with exams.
Reply 17
It shows that haven't done A Levels yet!! Although you are right- it isn't the end of the world if it doesn't got totally right. But you kinda get all caught up in it all and things seem really important when your doing the exams and you've put some much work in. It doesn't do your confidence much good either though if it does go wrong...
Although you are right- it isn't the end of the world if it doesn't got totally right. But you kinda get all caught up in it all and things seem really important when your doing the exams and you've put some much work in. It doesn't do your confidence much good either though if it does go wrong...beach_surf_babe
It doesn't do your confidence much good either though if it does go wrong...
not one bit, i mucked up part of my exam yesterday and when i realised it mucked me up even more and i did worse than i probs could of..... also makes me really nervous in other exams too...... worse thing is that this is the first time it has happened, I have never been nervous/ anxious about exams like this before
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