18 Moments Only People Who Struggle With Testing Anxiety Will Understand

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Studying the night before, already feeling the anxiety creeping in.
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Waking up the morning of the test and starting to calculate the hours & minutes (& maybe even seconds???) before the test.

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On your way to the test, considering how to get out of it…but at the same time desperately wanting it to be over with.

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Arriving at your testing location, thinking “oh shit I’m here, this is actually happening.”

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Those horrendously long minutes before the test is handed out.

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Trying to drink water moments leading up to the test.

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Second guessing if you actually studied what you were supposed to study.

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Wishing, for the love of God, that you could just write a paper instead.

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Trying to act cool and talk to your friends before the test while your brain is in full panic mode.

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Listening to others study before the test and thinking, “shit, I don’t know any of that.”

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Feeling that weird wave of nausea that only test induced stress can create.

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Double, even triple, reading your notes right before the test is passed out.

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Preparing to hand over the test when you are done. These are your last moments before there is no going back.

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Feeling like you blacked out in the middle of the test, and only coming back into full consciousness once you turn the test in.

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Thinking “wow, I crushed that!” but also “wow I definitely got everything wrong…”

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Listening to people talk about the test after it’s over… STAHPPPP.

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Not wanting to get the test back right away. You are okay with waiting.

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THAT FEELING WHEN DESPITE ALL YOUR ANXIETIES, YOU SLAY THE TEST!

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