Handling test anxiety

[scientificllama]

Hey kiddos,

Hope everyone is doing ok especially that assessment season is upon us.
How do you guys handle test anxiety or when you blank out during a test when you know the material well?

Also does anyone get pissed off when someone tells them off for getting something wrong on a test? (my friends are super opiniated by it)

[J_Rho]

Hey kiddos,

Hope everyone is doing ok especially that assessment season is upon us.
How do you guys handle test anxiety or when you blank out during a test when you know the material well?

Also does anyone get pissed off when someone tells them off for getting something wrong on a test? (my friends are super opiniated by it)

Focus on relaxing especially if you know all or most of the content!
You're only in year ten so use critical feedback to your advantage.
 Instead of getting pissed realise how you can use your mistakes to your advantage to make sure you understand where and why you went wrong.
Becoming angry at your mistakes is a sign of perfectionism and although it can be a good thing it doesn't allow you to grow and develop so work on learning to build from those mistakes.
I've found exercising is a good way to stop feeling the buildup of anxiety for an upcoming test!!
Things like exercise, listening/writing music, meditation and yoga are all good ways to relax and clear your mind.
I take a water bottle into my tests too so when i do blank instead of staring hopelessly at the question not being able to think i step back take a few deep breaths have some water...this is what worked/works for me but might not be the same for you!!

[Owlbird83]

Study enough to make sure you understand the content and how to work out the questions, and then you can talk to yourself in your head and tell the nervous freaking out part that everything is fine, you have got this, you know the stuff.

I was always really nervous for tests and stuff a couple of years ago and I told myself, it's okay, this isn't year 12 so it doesn't matter. However, I worried about what I would do once I actually got to year twelve. But now that I am in year twelve, I don't really get that nervous anymore. I think it might be because of all the SACS and things that are happening all the time from all your subjects in year eleven which is a good practice year, so I think I have become desensitized to them.

Good Luck!