118. The Real Reason for Test Anxiety — And Why It Has Nothing to Do With Nerves

About this episode

This episode discusses the true causes of test anxiety and how it is within one's control.

Send me a message!🤓 Sweaty palms. Racing breath. A pit in your stomach. And the worst one of all, a blank mind. Test anxiety does not feel good, and it most certainly doesn’t help your grades. But in this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I make the (controversial?) case that test anxiety is the result of something you have complete control over. What You Learn: The most common misunderstandings about test anxietyWhat people THINK causes test anxietyWhy there’s no such thing as a...

People in this episode

Host: Katie Azevedo

Topics covered

• test anxiety
• education
• mental health
• student performance
• misunderstandings

Keywords

• test anxiety
• nerves
• student grades
• mental control
• performance anxiety

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