It is prevalent amongst students all over the world. The words ‘pressure’ and ‘stress’ are often used interchangeably, but in fact they are quite different.
Pressure can be positive and useful to complete deadlines or to help somebody avoid danger. However, when pressure is prolonged, it can be negative, and depending on how the individual perceives it and reacts to it, it can lead to the development of stress.
Exam stress is a natural reaction to too much pressure and can come from a number of sources, viz., young people themselves, comparisons with others, wanting to reach overambitious goals, pressure to excel in an exam from family members and peer pressure or pressure from teachers.
Symptoms of exam stress or test anxiety
Some people feel pressure and develop stress symptoms more readily than others. When someone is faced with increased pressure (in this case at exam time) their body can go into a response which releases increased amounts of stress chemicals in the body. This can lead to various symptoms including:
*Feeling cranky and irritable.
*Feeling inadequate and negative self-talk.
* Problems sleeping or waking up from sleep.
* Increased heart rate.
* Chest pain, nausea, trembling, sweating.
* Habits such as fidgeting when stressed and biting nails.
* Indecisiveness, confusion, and inability to correlate information.
* Sudden mental blockage and going blank during or right before the exam.
* Inability to remember the information learnt earlier.
* Increased smoking, drinking or drug abuse.
* Losing touch with friends.
This story is from the March 2023 edition of The Teenager Today.
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