Conquering exam stress: lessons from our bodies
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- We all know how stressful exam time can be. When we let our stress levels get too intense for long periods of time, it can have negative effects on our physical and mental well-being. But stress itself isn't all bad. If we understand the science of what's happening in our bodies when we feel stressed, we can learn to keep those feelings balanced and make them work for us. So how do we do that? Watch this video for scientific tips on how to tame your stress and let it do its job - preparing you for the challenge ahead!
Credits:
Produced by Orinoco Communications
Animation: Rosie Holtom
Illustration: Alex Scarfe
Narration: Ellie Lees
Focus group: Olga Markoulides and her students at Newham Collegiate Sixth form centre
Scientific advisors: Sarah Hall, Hans Reul, Francesca Spiga, Phil Rhodes
Director: Peter Barker
What I’m scared of the most is not studying effectively, that everything I prepare for my exam won’t be of help, so I’ve been procrastinating despite gathering the material i will study and made a schedule. It’s killing me everyday now and I have less than two months left before the exam. I’m not enjoying my time procrastinating either I just wait for the day to end to escape in my dreams, it’s not my first rodeo but I never found out a way to deal with fear
That is what I am doing now I have to take these quizzes and exams in this accounting course… I had some very personal issues that spiral me into a depression. I am dealing with a doctor and therapist. My instructor has been very helpful and giving me more time, but I keep putting off the exam and test at the end of the chapters and it is, causing my stress to spiral😢
It’s really a vicious cycle, I suffer from anxiety disorder and I just feel so hopeless sometimes because even once I’m done with exams I get anxious about the next ones, then I’ll feel the same doing job interviews, then once I get a job..etc so I stopped telling myself I’ll be fine once I’m done with academic pressure, instead we should focus on treating the root cause which isn’t simple at all, hang in there better times will come ❤️
I feel the same way, this year has been horrible academically while my close friends found it easy, I can't truly explain it but I have this negative comparison mindset where I've gotten so used to being wrong compared to my friends, that I doubt my answers, even if they are right. It's gotten so bad this Exam season that I've begun a chant to shut up the comparison voice in my head it involves cussing my friend, I know that's wrong but if I don't shut that voice up I'll never answer any questions. I don't have any Mental Health disorders but I do have a great case of the blues, as though I've put so much effort into things compared to other years, I'm seeing worse results.
PS: sorry for wasting your time reading my lame excuse of a reply, if you have the time to read a stranger's comment, you definitely have the time to try a breathing exercise or two, it's been real God bless you, beautiful random stranger.
How’d it go?
It's literally me these days(actually always lol)... My boards will Start on February... And my pre-board started from today...tomorrow i have a exam of language and grammar... I'm procrastinating.. I'm having anxiety attacks...i can't even focus on a Single word...It's like i'm even forgetting all the things i have learned before..i'm srsly going crazy...idk what shitt i will write tomorrow...
I studied so well for my exams .. and yet this is the night right before exams .. and Iam panicking .. and my anxiety is suffocating me
me too bro
@@imsambtw 🥲🥲
@@RanzEdits exam in 2 hours wish me luck!
@@imsambtw wish you all the best !! Hope you top that exam ✨
Me too. I want to talk someone about it. But I have no one 😅
Night before the exam and I’m feeling overwhelmingly stressed and nervous, praying to God helps me be more confident at the time of taking the test.
The same for me right now. Hope it went well for you, i just feel that you aced it💪
@@Mina_c I did actually but I got very sick with the flu afterwards because my immune system went down for the stress I felt and my defenses weren’t able to contain the virus and that’s why got sick but I’m getting better now 👍🏼stress is not good for the immune system
@@robertolopez9483 you're right.. sorry that you had to went through it, happy that you're better now:)
@@Mina_c thanks, I hope you do well on your exam too.
I’m in the same boat 🥲
I am going nuts.
Me to
Lmao same
I dont have exam estress. I have exam results estress and anxiety.
Literally i can have a heart attack at any moment.
Specially when its an important exam. Days before the results I cant eat properly or sleep. So yes,im going nuts
@@amukbir8777 how you don't have anxiety when yous study omg
Facts
''and sleep is especially important before exams''
me watching this at 2:20am, having my exam at 9am: oh 0.o
Me tooo😢😢😢😢😢
I actually have more fear that i wont be able to sleep for exam than actual stress about the exam. For all my exams since childhood, ive slept for 1-2 hrs due to severe anxiety, ive done well. Dont worry. Have to stay calm in the exam centre, that's the key
@@priyaseth9877 i have mcq test on wednesday...i've covered almost everything...but im scared that i might mess up during solving the quest. What to do😭????
@@dr.s1281 I suggest on the day of exam, you can revise till last minute if you are that type of person or dont read anything, whatever fits. But regarding the anxiety what worked for me is lofi music without lyrics, or any music which is slow and puts you in a peaceful mood. You should be peaceful on the day of exam and instead of any compelling thoughts, you can actually sing songs in your mind, this has helped many people with the anxiety. All the best, you will do well 👍
@@priyaseth9877 Thank you , sister😊
I'm going crazy.....my stomach is hurting from worrying too much.....I've studied so much and my exam is on 9th of February..... Hope everything goes well 🤍
samee, I have studied but still am so tensed
@@ParkJimin-co8jz Best of luck. Both of us are going to make this and be so so successful, yeah?
How did it go!?
@@PipiKen It went great!
It was an admission test, and well, I can proudly say I'll be a doctor in the next 6 years if things go well.
@@user-hg3qk7ei3b I'm soo happy for you!!
Best of luck for everything ahead of you ♡
I'm also appearing a very important exam
And my last exam wasn't that great which made me question my capabilites and gave rise to negative emotions
But by faith and prayer I hope I'd get past this
And excel
Some of my exam scopes are utterly insane . Talking about 9 chapters each 50+ slides . Sometimes it’s really inconvenient that we are given such loads . Stress and anxiety is not avoidable in exams , it’s all hard work and practice that brings you ease . Pray before you write, believe in yourself and go show that paper who really runs the show .
something they didn't mention but i recommend is if you can then try doing past papers months before with a clock in the room. it's the best method of preparation and if something goes wrong then don't worry, there's always next time
Exam tomorrow, i was chill until today, now i m super stressed not able to focus and i forgot everything 💀💀💀💀💀
I feel you!!.. I am feeling the same way man.. This feeling is just horrible i am unable to sleep unable to focus nobody can help me in this situation!!.. I don't know what's gonna happen
@@Jahnavi0106 good luck bro
@@MrLuffyoo bro exams are over it went pretty decent except for the last one now gotta wait for the results!
@@MrLuffyoo ts was literally me with my learners permit yesterday, I took it and passed in 7 minutes, shi was light afk😭it's normal to feel nerves, but the knowledge is in ur head
I know I have studied. I've literally been studying everyday but whenever the exam season comes I feel like I don't deserve good marks and that I have not prepared but I don't wanna feel this way anymore. I wanna give exams without feeling anxious and having panic attacks. What do I doo??
It is okay to feel anxious remember you worked for it and you deserve good. Scores ;)✨
Tomorrow is my exam and I am stress too but it want help
Work hard, do your best, leave the rest to God 😊
Exactly the same . I kinda studied the whole year , but still can’t believe in myself and just wanna die sometimes. Idk . Can’t study a single word since yesterday
Trust in God. He is with you and will make it esasy for you.ameen.
Listen to a walkthrough about the topics you've studied and do a few practice questions the night or two nights before. Trust me, it gives you a whole confidence boost after realising how much you've learnt
9 days before the start of my exams, I locked myself for the the past two months, I don't remember the last time I got outside, I it's okay until now, the anxiety is slowly killing me, literally.
I can only study for like 4 hours and then I get tension headache, no matter what I do it won't go away and when I try to force myself to study it only get worse, I can only pray that what I've accomplished for the past two months won't be a waste.
Try to go out for à walk , or you can try to study in your balacony at the early morning and when the sunshine disturb u go inside
Same. I don't go out before exam
Well, I am leaving this comment just to remind me that I've gone through this exam after i complete the exams or when I am watching this video again for any other exam after a few months 🤷♂️
I am fucking tired!! Exhausted I am. Why I am like this? Every hard work is seems to like went in vain . Once I used to be a topper now I am a medium student and it’s the worst feeling ever. Today was my math exm. After getting the question paper , my hands were shaking, I did the same math yesterday and it came today in the exm. Yet I was so nervous that I can’t remember the steps. Now I don’t have any confidence. There is no one to support!!! I don’t know what to do. I couldn’t solve the mcq on time. Now I have feeling depressed I even cried a lot. Still tears are flowing ya. Please god help me
i wish my exams were before christmas just like most schools, now i was stressing over christmas
I’m actually stressed it’s driving me nuts.
For me I had to study all day long which is more stressful
Me too😭
Im stressing over an exam i have in 1 day, i did my best, i worked nonstop, i just hope that my efforts will pay off, ALLAH will not waste my efforts, i know it.
wishing you goodluck bro
12 hours till exams and I cant stop crying from worry
All the best
me to😢
I don’t know why I am being like this , I used to be a disciplined one before completing my tasks on time but now I can’t even study a single thing , I thought of studying 3 hours regularly after school but I procrastinated the entire time reading nothing and now I have my boards within two months , here I am crippling with anxiety and stress that I can’t even do anything 😢
I've boards too
Same man , I was topping even the last year ....but this year is driving me nuts ...I just procarsinate a lot..and this phone thing also made me crazy...it's like I'm a different person now !! I too have my boards in a month ...we are on the same boat ... Don't worry !!! And I can't even stop worrying...i cry every day...regret every minute... I just feel like escaping into somewhere ...
i intentionally searched for this. i'm stressing about college, about my future with thoughts of what if... 😢
@@lordeeva your not alone in that I promise 🫂
feels like there's no time to do exercise when you under the pressure
I did terribly in a test recently. I was so stressed I couldn't think clearly and didn't finish in time. Just now I reworked the paper, and I managed to work it out in 3/4 of the time given without any major difficulties. Hopefully this video helps with that
I am from Srilanka and I have badly practiced to compare my marks with my friends. Even if I have lower marks I think that I am weak and I lose my internet towards that subject.
Please help me
@Darshan Singh huh
@Darshan Singh are you ok?
i understad you. I am also like this. It is because of fight or flight. U need to look at yourself in the mirror and realise that u r an amazing individual and that u shoud not compare yourself with others
I have 12 days before taking the driving test exam, and I'm stressed, lazy, cannot find a way to study, can't study without music even know music distracts me and yet motivates me, and I have stopped playing games for 2 weeks now still doesn't help.
Who's watching this video instead of studying 😂
Mee😂😂
deep breathing, socializing, good sleep, exercise, MAKE STRESS UR ENERGY AND OVERCOME EXTRA STRESS.
I can’t explain about how scared I am for my exams. Dear god please help me. I’m really so sick and tired of this but I’ve been procrastinating all day. I don’t know what to do. I’m hopeless.
Will I have law degree and I’m full time law professional, and I’m an inventor for tech products, I decided to learn mechanical engineering, and English, programming, to support my tech products, any way when I try to study I find my self tied up and paralyzed from studying, so I’m going to try this method , hoping it will help, good luck everyone 😊
Now, l am watching as well as reading the comments, tomorrow l have an exam actually l was feeling great 2 days ago;however, now l am stressed wish me luck for tomorrow
OMG, Calm Easy Capsules have made my anxiety so much better! I’m feeling more in control of my emotions ✨
Man I did so bad with paper 1 and now I'm having exam stress and anxiety for paper 2
thanks for this video so much. gotta test at 10:30 today.....
god i have a different problem, because of anxiety i always avoid giving tests even though I have studied for it. I don't know what to do
i will get the grades i need 🙏
Night before exam be like 😂
I am proud of my self
I really trying to study, but Ive had no breaks and I am doing IB... im literally going to fail this chemistry exam as ive been burnt out. Im at a 90% unrounded and this is going to knock it down big time... i haye IB, dont ever donit
Hello. I work for a Mental Health Support Team in the NHS. Could I please have permission to use this in an assembly I am making on managing exam stress? Thank you
Bro u don't need permission, who cares 😅
Thanks for the vid. Another good source is the book "30 Days to Reduce Stress" by Harper Daniels.
1:13 wow! I saw photo frame of (visit nepal)my country on your wall ....😮😊❤ And yes, also your video help me !!!
this is so cool, i am no longer stressed thank you
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I have exam tommorow and i have been trying soooo harddddd to keep myself calm and now i have found myself taking anti stress gummies because i can't finf any other way and sleep gummies too.
It's One month before my final exams I'm stressed now what would happen to me the night before the exam... Only GOD knows..
I absolutely love this. Thank you
I like to study but I don't have time to study now am in my Onan holidays 3 more days left then my exam will start tomorrow also am probably not at home so I am going NUTS... WHAT CAN I DO??
On 23 may its going to be my exam and I am in so much stress including that I have OCD that makes me to think more stressful but still I do alot of hardwork in last exam I got 90% and before that got 92%
I was quite anxious but when I saw Visit Nepal frame at 1:14 (since I'm from Nepal)
It was a smily face for me :)
Thanks
I loooove nepal ( I’m from Kuwait )
@@Q88888i If you ever got chance to travel, do come Nepal
It has so much to offer, not just Kathmandu, Pokhara but inner hills, plains, plateau, enormous rivers, deepest gorge, greatest mountains....and so muchhhh
Tip To control : Summary
1 Slow Breathing
2Exercise
3 Socialising
I am currently training to join the police force. But the anxiety of the exam made me fail my blood pressure test every time. It can reach as high as 170! While my blood pressure is somewhere between 110-125 most of the time. 🙃
Hey guys, if you ever see this please pray for my final exams..
What's the point of preparing so much if stress makes you mess up things in clinical practical exams. I am having chest pain from stress. I am dying.
Thank you soo much ❤ I needed to hear these words.
exam on tuesday and wednesday, god i am cramming
Tomorrow is my exam or unit tests but still exams are exams india is really a very hard country to study and start a job as there is so much pressure from school and parents 😺😺
If you agree like
I just. Messed up my science exam my favourite subject because i was panicked i worked so hard and yet i wrote the exam with shaking hands messing up everything
Is there any way for me to reduce exam stress because I'm always dealing with this kind of problem?
My anxiety was so bad that I started throwing up
I fucking cried over an exam didn't even write yet 🥲
Thanks bro video was motivating and leading
I have four big exams next week & I'm so scared
Very nice video.
Having my finals in one week and haven't started learning
I have 3 days only,and a huge syllabus to cover. I can't focus,I feel like hell.. Panic seize me thinking what will happen if I fail.. I feel like to die...
Literally as a 12th cbse student i slept at 3:30 am and woke up at 5:00am for my half yearly exams 😢😂
Can you ahare the cheat sheet please and notes for digital and circuit please
thankyou so much for this video.........
Still remember the conference on pressure & performance leading the best, worst & average case scenarios. Too less or too much with both have a negative impact which remains universally true for anything ! From anxiety to stress, too less, you'd rather be a couch potato & missout the deadlines , exams & regret late, too much pressure, you aren't about to turn into a diamond 😅 if no one told you so ! People get a kick from pressure, stress & anxiety until it's healthy and don't lead to self harm ! It's also true for smoking drinking, drug abuse & alcohol. Too much will destroy you! completely sober is'nt everyone's cup of tea & who are you kidding, everyone deserves a little fun in life !
Also true for work & life management & achieving the perfect balance increasing productivity, efficiency boosting creativity & innovation !
Too much art could cause burnouts, too much dancing makes your body stiff & tou loose the fun element ! It's universally true for most, exceptions remain who can handle it well or get a kick from it. I count myself out of those exceptions ! 😅
VISIT NEPAL in the background 😮😊❤
I am from India and I have hindi exam tomorrow it 8s sooo scary I hope I and everyone passes
I have an exam that was actually pushed back by a date💔
I still got 6 days wish me luck
I don't have much left but I'm panicking
2 weeks before exam
Wonderful video with beautiful animations, soothing voice 🌺,and helpful tips ◕‿◕｡
Help my heart is gonna break the riv cage and get out anytime soon
Neet 2 days later I'm going nuts
wow I feel so much better!
PEEL IT OFF. PEEL IT OFF PEEL IT OFF PEEL IT OFF PEEL IT OFF
So everyone is here the night before our big exam huh 😂
Since I started exam I can’t sleep 😢
Thanks that's helpful
I am on the verge of getting admitted into a psychiatric ward
It's my exam and idk why I'm so scared 😢😢😢😢 pls god help me
Im literally going insane
My math exam is tomorrow 😭😭😭
Paralysed for 2 days , can't do any reading 😢
3rd September this date 😔
POV you have GCSEs this week
Yep
Nepal🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵
I don't know what the heck is happening with me
I am gonna prosper
What if i marry ..... will it reduce stress in my life
My exam is in 5 mins
I'm shaking
"socialising" HA nice try
exam in 3h HELP
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This helped i guess
IM TRYING TO READ BUT NOTHING IS GETTIN INSIDE MY BRAIN 😭
OMG SAMEEE😭😭😭😭
I am stressd😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
I am a failure😴
Be motivated remember failing is a part of you success and never give up one day you will have a successful life.
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