Question

8. Elaborate the physical, emotional, behavioral and cognitive symptoms of severe test anxiety and pin up the steps of realistic thinking to reduce the test anxiety.​

Answer 1

1.Cognitive symptoms of test anxiety are about past poor performances, consequences of failure, feeling inadequate, and helpless), mind going blank, and racing thoughts; with panick attacks, these attacks are abrupt surges of intense fear or extreme discomfort that reach a peak within minutes, accompanied by physical and cognitive symptoms such as palpitations, sweating, shortness of breath, fear of going crazy, or fear of dying.

2.

Step 1: Pay attention to your self-talk. Thoughts are the things that we say to ourselves without speaking out loud (self-talk). ...

Step 2: Identify thoughts that lead to feelings of anxiety. ...

Step 3: Challenge your 'anxious' thinking.