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STRESS ON STRESS

By: Rafi Shah

In todays world exams are an unfortunate necessity and they are determinant to measure one's

efficacy, otency, s!ill, "uality etc# It is a human instinct to ha$e a lots of ressure while wal!in%

on the way to success# In articular, those students who ha$e ne$er &een sensitied to any&rea!throu%h exams &efore, stress and exam fe$er are $ery common and of %reat concern# These

ha$e resulted di$ersified mentality, ina&ility to in oint focus, faded confidence etc# there&y

roducin% low erformance #This article can't ma!e the exams %o away, it will hoefully hel you

to deal with some of the stress that you mi%ht &e feelin% and that in turn will allow you to focus on

your exams#

(hat is exam stress)

Stress is natural art of &ein% human# It's your &ody resondin% to chan%es in the world around

you# It chan%es how your &ody wor!s and uts your mind into different moods#

(hen you're %ettin% stressed a&out an exam * it +ust means that you really care the result you will

%et a %ood result#

But it can &e &ad if you %et too worried and the effects of the stress sto you doin% well# when

exams %et too much, the stress can show in your &ody# That can &e a %ood thin% if it ushes you

into wor!in% extra hard as you try to %et a %ood result#

ow to sot if you're stressed

-ou could &e showin% si%ns of stress if you're :

. feelin% tired

. ache all o$er

. cry and feel sad

. ha$e anic attac!s

. ha$e &ro!en slee

. suffer from stomach uset

. ha$e itchy s!in rashes

. more li!ely to %et colds and flu

/e$eloin% a ositi$e mindset

It's human nature to &e ne%ati$e sometimes, &ut de$eloin% a ositi$e mental attitude will hel

you do your &est#

0 icture yourself %ettin% a &i% fat 1 and $isualie this o$er and o$er in $i$id details# If you

maintain a ositi$e ,' I 21N /O IT' attitude &uildin% u to your exams, your stress will &e

transformed into ositi$e ener%y that can &e harnessed to enhance your erformance#

0 $iew the exam as a time &ound and tar%et oriented ro+ect of 34 days# 5oo! forward to the fun

and challen%e in store on comletion#

0 it's only an exam6 you are not %oin% to die# -our family will not %et !idnaed or tortured if you

fail# 1nd there is always a resit6

0 an exam is simly an oortunity to show what you !now#

0 exams are desi%ned to E57 you and ro$ide your tutors8teachers with feed&ac! so that theycan hel you further#


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0 you will &e +ust the same erson &efore and after the exam# Exams do not measure anythin%

really imortant a&out you#

0 you ha$e had a num&er of successes already and ha$e actually assed many exams* hold on to

that# 9ocus on the ositi$e asects of the ast rather than ne%ati$e ones, as this will sur you on to

earn many more successes#

Stoin% ne%ati$e thou%hts

(hen we &ecome anxious we &e%in to ha$e ne%ati$e thou%hts 'I 21N'T 1NS(ER 1N-TIN,

I'; OIN TO 71NI2' etc#

If this is haenin% , halt the siralin% thou%hts &y mentally shoutin% STO7# Or icture a road

STO7 si%n, or traffic li%hts on red# Once you ha$e literally stoed the thou%hts, you can continue

lannin% , or ractice a relaxation techni"ue#


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wal! or ta!e an hour to watch some tele$ision, do somethin% to ta!e your mind off your stress#

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