Anxiety and excitement are natural and inevitable emotions in life. As long as it does not reach excessive levels and does not negatively affect a person’s performance, it is a force that directs us to the goal and motivates us. When it reaches an unmanageable level, it becomes an obstacle that negatively affects human life and reduces performance in many areas.
Test anxiety manifests itself with excessive worry about whether or not one will be successful for days or even months before the exam. These anxiety symptoms can affect the motivation to study for the exam, as well as negatively affect daily activities such as sleeping, eating, and social interactions. However, excessive excitement not only before the exam but also during the exam, and some of the emotional and physical symptoms brought on by this excitement, can affect exam performance and reduce the level of success.
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Physical symptoms of test anxiety include palpitations, irregular heartbeats, discomfort or pain in the abdominal area, cold sweats and headaches, irregular breathing, numbness in the hands, shaking, flushing and fainting sensations in the body, dizziness, feeling like you can’t think of anything, and muscle fatigue during the exam or when thinking about it.
Emotional symptoms include feeling like a nightmare during exams, fear of failure and thoughts of inadequacy that come with it, and judgments that I will not be successful, feeling panicked, extreme irritability, crying, thinking that you do not remember anything and do not know anything despite studying well, difficulty concentrating, restlessness, feeling extremely tired, boredom, anxiety, hyperactivity, feeling that your mind is frozen, blurred and you cannot think clearly during the exam, and not being able to read the questions out of excitement.
In addition to all these symptoms, there are thoughts such as blaming oneself for not studying enough, feeling inadequate, that the exam will be a disaster, that one will not be able to look at anyone’s face, that one will disappoint those around them, and these negative thoughts cause the student to distance himself from the academic environment and intensify feelings of disinterest, reluctance, anxiety and uneasiness towards studying. This situation paves the way for the student to not take the exam, distance himself or to develop more severe psychiatric disorders rather than experiencing this anxiety about the exam.
