no matter how prepared you are for an
exam you can't help but feel some
anxiety you know like the butterflies in
your stomach and potentially forgetting
everything feeling some anxiety is
normal as your body releases adrenaline
in times of stress which actually
triggers your fight-or-flight response
so here are some scientific tips to help
you beat that exam anxiety exam anxiety
is an epidemic among students worldwide
one study found that out of 1,300 people
questioned 96% say that they have
experienced exam anxiety at some point
in their lives and this is a problem
because another study found that
students who were deemed highly anxious
perform 12% worse on exams and those who
were slightly anxious for not anxious at
all exam anxiety like all anxieties is a
spectrum meaning that there's all sorts
of symptoms and varying levels of
feelings some people may just feel their
heart beating a little bit while others
are completely debilitated with nausea
and vomiting before every exam getting
at least six hours of sleep is crucial
before an exam making sure you are
well-rested will give you the confidence
to face the challenge at hand pulling an
all-nighter is a huge no-no when it
comes to your brain having the ability
to succeed miss you seem to keep smiling
are you asleep
I need a solid six hours before my exam
studies have actually shown that those
who have a balanced diet up to one week
before an exam actually perform better
than those who have a high meat or
high-protein diet I have seriously been
studying so much it's like eat sleep
glycolysis oh here's your lunch oh man
oh thanks
what's glucose in fact it's best to have
a breakfast that's high in fiber and
high in carbohydrates so that the energy
is released slowly and your brain
doesn't crash mid exam losing energy
quickly means losing your concentration
which means you might start to panic
when you can't even answer the easy
questions name what's my name oh god
what's the day a positive self-image
tree has been known to boost confidence
and lower exam anxiety but it only works
if you set yourself realistic goals I
will get at least an 80% on this exam I
not part during the test and I'll have a
banana for lunch now we are not telling
you to lower your expectations but it is
not mentally healthy to expect 100% on
all of your exams so while feeling
confident for an exam is important it's
essential that you keep your feet
planted on the ground to help de-stress
try and picture yourself in a happy
moment whatever that might be and then
quickly switch to imagining yourself in
the exam room I'm on a boat with whales
around me humpbacks fin whales hector's
even a blue whale one comes up to me and
lets me pet it then he playfully
splashes me in winks he loves me and I
am one with him also glycine alanine
valine and leucine are all nonpolar
acids and this is how you drop them in
an exam this helps your brain to
associate those happy feelings with
writing the exam and Prime's you to be
ready in addition before the exam try
and picture questions that you have
already studied the answers to so that
it will boost your confidence going in
speaking of priming it's important that
you familiarize yourself with the exam
room if the exam room isn't your
classroom make sure you take a short
field trip there a few days before this
will also ensure you aren't late by
seeing the setting beforehand it will
help your brain be at ease during the
exam how can you feel more confident and
perform better well hopefully you have a
good circle of friends and study buddies
you can work with there's always that
one Debbie Downer in the group that kind
of lowers your self-confidence this
combined with your past experience on
exams which might not have always been
good can lower your self-confidence
moving into the exam a helpful trick is
to write down these insecurities on a
piece of paper and then right below them
write down a rebuttal which makes you
feel confident then crumble up that
paper and throw it away
people say I have a bad memory but I
have never forgotten somebody's birthday
this can help you build confidence
before a test and these symbolic
gestures are actually effective one
study found that anxious students who
wrote down their worries before a test
did better than those who did it
hopefully these scientific tips will
help you go into your exam with
confidence feeling much less anxious and
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