"Ours is very angry, he gets angry at everything", "If you touch him, he will cry", "The other day, while I was going to the exam in the private teaching institution, I saw that his hands were cold as ice", "Mom, before the exams, my heart feels like it's going to jump out of my mouth, he says"... These sentences Sound familiar to you? If it sounds familiar and you often experience similar situations, we can talk about the existence of anxiety.
The Place of Anxiety in Human Life
Human life and sustainability A feeling of anxiety is necessary. What is important is how intense, how often and in what situations you experience anxiety. The feeling of fear you experience when you encounter a wild animal allows you to defend yourself or move away from that situation. In addition, it is basically your feeling of anxiety that makes you look left and right while crossing the street. A student's ability to not disobey his teacher in class and comply with classroom rules depends on his inner anxiety. When these contexts are considered, it is clear that fear and anxiety are necessary for human life. However, intense and severe anxiety that is not appropriate for the situation and event restricts human life considerably and causes problems. Exam Anxiety is one such type of anxiety.
Anxiety motivates the child to take responsibility and achieve what he wants to do. However, this is the opposite in children who experience intense anxiety. Anxiety that is too severe begins to negatively affect life, and this quickly affects the individual's mental state, physical reactions and social areas in a way that is not beneficial.
What is Test Anxiety?< br />
This type of anxiety, which has many definitions; We can explain it as severe anxiety, which makes it difficult to remember information and negatively affects exam performance due to the panic state that occurs as a result of negative thoughts in the child/young person's mind.
How Do You Know If Your Child Has Exam Anxiety?
As the intensity of anxiety increases, negative changes occur in physical symptoms and thought content. Accordingly, in your child;
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Observable levels of restlessness, anxiety and e state of irritability,
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Crying easily and panic,
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Negative thoughts such as "I can't pass the exam or I won't pass"
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Reporting that he was frozen during the exam,
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Not being able to answer the questions he knew during the exam,
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Distracted attention, inability to concentrate,
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Making negative predictions about the exam result,
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Head, abdominal pain, nausea , experiencing problems with the intestinal system,
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Anxiety and panic as the day of the exam or the exam date approaches,
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Physically, heart problems Increased palpitations, tremors in hands, sweating, cold hands and feet,
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Frequent going to the toilet,
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Nervousness and sudden startles. starting to happen,
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Expressions such as "I don't know anything, what will I do?",
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Expressing that you are so excited that you forget what you know during the exam,
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Being always restless and nervous before the exam,
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Intense tension in the muscles,
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We can talk about the existence of exam anxiety if the patient experiences situations such as sleep disturbances before the exam and expresses several of these types of thoughts.
If Exam Anxiety Is Not Treated. What Happens?
Test anxiety is a type of anxiety that negatively affects the academic success of children/young people. If left untreated, the child/young person with potential will achieve below their performance. At the same time, this situation will become a big problem as it will negatively affect mental health, physical symptoms and social life.
Scientific research has proven that anxiety affects attention and memory in a way that is not beneficial. Accordingly, it is an expected result that children with test anxiety make more attention errors in exams. The child/young person's inability to remember the subjects he/she knows and making mistakes is increasing. A child/young person who cannot get the desired results due to anxiety despite studying will lose motivation to study and the feeling of failure will increase. This triggers him to experience various psychological problems.
In light of these results, getting support from an expert becomes important for both your child and you. The process carried out in cooperation with the specialist, child/young person, family and teacher will ensure that you get positive results.
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