So much stress over results. Is this normal?

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I didnt want to derail the other thread (good luck to everyone's young people!) but there are a lot of very over anxious parents and children on there. People being sick, not eaten since yesterday morning, crying etc.

Is this common? I understand some nervousness and that some people will get very stressed but it seems very OTT. Everyone seems supportive of their kids on there (regardless of their grades) but if this stress is "normal" then no wonder lots of children really struggle mentally.

I dont think my parents even knew when my results day was. Obviously that is far from great too. Some children were worried and emotional before their results but on the whole most were fine before hand.

Same here.

I have been extremely stressed. However DD has been on a partial timetable for years and did limited GCSEs. I was just desperate she had enough to do her A levels.

Everything seems so hard these days. I went through one of the first years of GCSEs and they were very easy in comparison to now.