How to Overcome Exam-Anxiety
                     HOW TO
OVERCOME 
 EXAM
ANXIETY
EXAM
ANXIETY TEST  
SKILLS
TOPICS
Introduction
Types of Anxiety
Low and High Anxiety  
How to overcome  
Relaxation training
Support through special  
considerations.
Conclusion
YOU SHOULD NEVER VIEW  
YOUR CHALLENGES AS A  
DISADVANTAGE.
Michelle Obama
Think Positive, relax and start your Journey
Important Advice
INTRODUCTION
Exam Anxiety refers to  
the subjective  
experience of intense  
physiological, cognitive 
 and behavioral  
symptoms of anxiety  
Test  before or during test  
taking situations that  
Anxiety interferes with test  
performance.
TYPES OF ANXIETY
LOW HIGH
students who students who
experience high  
experience low anxiety anxiety show an  
 may feel a little  immediate anxiety  
nervous about an  reaction when  
exposed to the feared  
upcoming exam but  
test situation. They  
are still able to focus  attempt to avoid the  
their attention on their  situation by not  
showing up to the  
studies or the  
exam, or may endure it  
questions asked  but with extreme fear.
during the  
assessment.
HOW TO  
OVERCOME FROM  
EXAM ANXIETY
Prepare ahead of time by working on sections of the content each  
day.
Use practice exam papers as an opportunity to manage anxiety.  
Identify your anxiety early by noticing your physical responses.
Try replacing unhelpful thoughts with more encouraging self-talk by  
challenging your worried and negative thoughts.
Practice focusing your attention on the task at hand.
pay attention to your sleep, nutrition, exercise, relaxation routines,  and 
reach out for social support.
If you identify high  
anxiety in yourself,  you 
can learn ways  to 
manage it so that  it 
doesn’t take over  your 
exam  performance.The  
skills you find most  
helpful in managing  
your exam anxiety  will 
vary depending  on 
what triggers  may be  
contributing to your  
high levels of  anxiety.
RELAXATION  
TRAINING
Relaxation training can  
be used alongside a  
process of systematic  
desensitisation – this is  
where a person  
visualises a scene while  
RELAX completely relaxed, and  
the mental image evokes 
 some of the feelings of  
the real scene.
SUPPORT THROUGH  
SPECIAL  
CONSIDERATION
Some students who experience high levels of anxiety (intense panic  
or fear about an exam that results in them being unable to do the  test) 
can access additional support through special consideration at  their 
school.
To access this type of consideration, get in touch with your school’s  
wellbeing team or a psychologist (see resources below) to help  
develop an individualised plan for you during the exam season.
You can also 
 take a look
at the given link  
below for  
education
or career development
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https://www.ecoleglobale.com
You can read the booklet  
to help identify coping  
strategies that may help  
address your anxiety.
Also, your parents could  
read this booklet with you  
and participate in  
identifying coping  
strategies.get in touch  with 
your school’s  wellbeing 
team or a  psychologist to 
help  develop an 
individualised  plan for you 
during the  exam season. CONCLUSION