How do you reduce stress?
Stress, overwhelm, calm.
Answers by date: 7 records in 5 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2018), never reversed, in these records.
| date | who | answer | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-12 | Ali | Before an exam Ali tries to tell himself that the feeling in his stomach is excitement rather than fear or stress, which he read online is a legitimate way to trick the brain into thinking it is having fun. | Study with me + The Magic of Categorisation - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #38 00:07:44 |
| 2018-05-29 | Ali | An exam result does not dictate who you are as a human being, Ali says, so there is almost no reason to get stressed unless you genuinely fear failing, which he never has. | Live Stream - Hangout 00:09:38 |
| 2018-05-29 | Ali | Ali says he does not get exam stress at all, and feels stress has no particularly useful function when it comes to exams. | Live Stream - Hangout 00:09:14 |
| 2018-05-01 | Ali | Ali says exams are a personal game, a little test of how much you remember and not a competition; treating them as a personal challenge means you probably won't get stressed by them. | First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A 00:26:01 |
| 2018-04-24 | Ali | In exam term Ali values intense, focused bursts of revision but sees no need to go hardcore, because the result of one exam will not define their worth as human beings. | Study with Me + Revision tips from friends - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #32 00:11:29 |
| 2018-04-24 | Charlotte | Charlotte says stress about GCSEs and A levels is natural, but students should keep perspective: if exams go badly it is not the end of the world, they can always resit, so they should not pin everything on one set of exams. | Study with Me + Revision tips from friends - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #32 00:02:31 |
| 2018-04-12 | Ali | Ali advocates treating revision as a game, even for subjects you like, as he wrote on his website; it follows advice from a friend's grandmother: to avoid exam stress, treat exams as a personal game against your own best, not against your peers. | Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students 00:14:01 |