Here are 7 ways you can reduce exam stress:
- Listen to the old classics… I mean really old classics
- Listening to classical music makes you more productive by elevating your mood and encouraging you to study more and the more you study the more you know and the more you know the less you stress
- Pop those Bubbles
- I don’t think I have to explain how satisfying it is to pop the bubbles on the bubble wrap. It just feels good and relieves stress as you concentrate on popping instead of stressing.
- Go to bed… and get some SLEEP!
- Sleeping isn't only great because we all love it, but it helps your brain to save the new knowledge into the long-term memory so that you’ll remember what you learned on the day of the exam.
- Chocolate, DARK Chocolate
- Good news chocolate lovers, eating dark chocolate which is over 70% cocoa helps your brain to fight stress hormones and has an overall relaxing effect on your body which means it reduces stress.
- Don’t let any distraction distract you
- When you need to study, make sure you’re not wasting your precious time on social media or on funny cat videos. Concentration is essential for efficient work which is important if you don’t want to be stressing on whether you studied efficiently enough or not.
These are the few little things you can do to avoid too much stressing before exams and most of these things benefit your brain in multiple different ways.
Other than that, researchers concluded that the most common reasons for exam stress are:
- Low motivation levels
- Lack of preparation and planning
- High expectations from others
If you watch out for these things and do everything to reduce your stress levels, you should be fine for your exam!
Good luck!
