Exams start tomorrow, am not ready, calming advice please!

[Pawslikepaddington]

I'm just so scared of letting everyone down. I have done as much as I can without going crazy, or taking too much attention away from dd or dp, but I don't know anything! Tomorrow is the exam I was most confident about, and I seem to know nothing, and then have them every day/day and a half until next Wed, in ever increasing levels of not knowing! I am so ashamed of myself and am becoming more and more panicked. Please help!

hi pawslikepaddington! i also suffer from the exam panic you descried so well (although no exams at the moment!). If you've tried your level best then I'm sure you know a lot more than nothing

i find that it helps me to think that by this time tomorrow, it will all be over, regardless of how it goes. It seems to calm me down a bit to picture doing something different (even if it's just studying for a different exam!) - maybe it's a comforting "life will go on" thing??

Best of luck!!

The fact that you're worried means you're more likely to do well. The stress is horrible, but it also makes you super-focused. I always allow myself 5 minutes' panic time at the start of an exam, then concentrate on the questions.

Whiteflame's advice about thinking 'this time tomorrow' is good, that's what I do and it works. Good luck with your exams, I've got them this week and next as well, I bet you're far more organised than me

Thank you both so much, am tittering to myself about the organised comment! Am always worst for the first one, and then it is a case of "well there is nothing I can do now!" after that. And I went to bed uber early, so got a good 7 hours in, which is unheard of!

GOOD LUCK CastleDouglas!

Thanks

That's the first done, only 4 more to go! Am not happy that I have a saturday and a bank holiday exam, but it gets them out of the way more quickly! Yippee I'm over the worst of it!

Good for you! I hope the next four aren't too bad.

Mine start a week today and I am wondering whether leaving the country and faking my own death are viable options...

Well done Paddington, it can only get better . Whatwould, don't leave the country. What you need to do is drink lots of wine and use the excuse that it makes you feel more relaxed when you're revising. Well, that's what I keep telling DH.

Ha ha, the faking death or dropping out prior to tomorrow both look like good options right now! I cannot answer a single question on the paper, let alone write for three hours!

Past paper that is. If it was a real one I would laugh so heartily!

I've hit a point whereby I'm so tired that even looking at a bottle of wine will send me to sleep

Do you have an exam on a Saturday Paws?

I have stopped looking at past papers for fear of my own sanity. Three hours is a very long time to sit looking at a blank sheet of paper... Maybe it'll be a chance to have a nap?