Stressing and overthinking too much

Any chance you’re overworked and burnt out? Just a thought. Im not an a level student but from an outsiders perspective it seems like you’re putting a lot of effort in put you’ve said its not really paying off. Maybe you could try some new revision techniques and try and take breaks so you can focus better 🙂 . I hope things get better for you and your hard work pays off! Have an awesome day!

Ever since I started my A levels I've been stressing and overthinking so much because my grades took such a big hit. I went from 8's at GCSE to D's and E's. I've worked hard all year but my grades haven't improved. To be honest, I did get 5's and 6's throughout high school and pulled 7's and 8's out of nowhere at the end so who knows I might get my grades up but it's just that I've been putting the effort in and my grades aren't improving. What makes it worse is that I keep on getting told A levels are nothing like GCSE's so I am probably cooked not to mention the fact that people in my class get A's and B's without trying. Maybe I've just let college get to my head, I mean I've even been miserably revising over the summer and just wasted my holidays essentially. Idk but I've just been so stressed all year and I overthink EVERYTHING now and have become pretty miserable and pessimistic icl.

This sounds tough, I'm sorry to hear you're feeling stressed. I can completely relate to the GCSEs to A-Levels experience as I also saw my grades dip between the levels and it was very disheartening, especially when you've been putting in the effort🧡
The 'Will I be ready for the next academic level?' and 'Wishing this wasn't happening' articles on Student Space touch on these topics, so you may find those helpful.

Ever since I started my A levels I've been stressing and overthinking so much because my grades took such a big hit. I went from 8's at GCSE to D's and E's. I've worked hard all year but my grades haven't improved. To be honest, I did get 5's and 6's throughout high school and pulled 7's and 8's out of nowhere at the end so who knows I might get my grades up but it's just that I've been putting the effort in and my grades aren't improving. What makes it worse is that I keep on getting told A levels are nothing like GCSE's so I am probably cooked not to mention the fact that people in my class get A's and B's without trying. Maybe I've just let college get to my head, I mean I've even been miserably revising over the summer and just wasted my holidays essentially. Idk but I've just been so stressed all year and I overthink EVERYTHING now and have become pretty miserable and pessimistic icl.

Dude, I totally get you.
I study in an Elite school; all my classmates, my seniors, my juniors are geniuses.
But I got 2As, 3Bs, 3Cs. And the most surprising fact is that I actually have the capabilities of getting 10A*s! (Family problems are very scary).
Since I was also a genius (more like fallen genius rn), my parents have VERY high expectations, uk.
Anyways, currently all d€pr€ssed, lonely, can't focus, can't sleep, nothing.
Today, I had a mock (mechanics), I didn't answer a 15 marks worth question!
I never happened to me, uk.
But now that I'm looking back (it's been 2 hours but whatever), I feel like I'm not being able to focus is because I'm dead *ss scared about the grades I'll receive.
Relax yourself first, eat sth, or splash water in your eyes (even better, take a bath) and then study. Make sure you don't get the worry of grades in your head. It's gonna distract you.

Thanks for the advice. A lot of people have been telling me the same thing so that’s why I’ve decided to take the rest of the summer holidays to relax. Hopefully I have a better start in September

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