Saturday, May 21, 2011
Lots of people get nervous before a test, lots of people worry about doing well or passing the test. This is normal. But for some, the high level of anxiety they feel before a test can interfere with their ability to study, prepare and take the test. Just like other types of anxiety disorders, test a...
I totally did this in college. I would become increasingly anxious leading up to a test. However, when I sat down to take it I did fine, I never blanked. I always did well as long as I studied. In fact, the anxiety in a way made me do better cause I studied too much actually. I think it actually stemmed from my irrational anxiety about the future. I would worry about years into the future and what would happen if I failed school, so everything about school just made me anxious, not just tests.
It is funny cause since I graduated, nothing has really made me so anxious. Not my job or anything. I think it was just the fact of going to school for 5 yrs and not wanting to be there at all.