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## How to Overcome Test Anxiety

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# Many students suffer from testing anxiety. From pop quizzes to licensure exams, it can be difficult to find ways to cope with testing anxiety to help ensure success.

Some signs of test anxiety are:

- Mental blank-outs
- Negative thoughts
- Difficulty concentrating
- Sweating
- Headache
- Fast heartbeat

 

Once you have identified the signs of test anxiety you can begin to implement ways of coping with it.

 

Some different strategies are:

- Learning about the test
- Making an organized study schedule and sticking to it
- Having positive thoughts and actions
- Taking care of your body
- Practicing tension-release exercises
- Tuning out distractions
- Staying focused

 

It's important to recognize if you are struggling and learning how to overcome the struggle. Testing is not set up to cause you to fail but to analyze how well you have learned the information and how well you are understanding it. 

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