Your hands are trembling. A slight headache is threatening your way. All your studying has been wiped blank from your mind. Oh well, here's another test day.
Okay, I exaggerated a little. (Maybe a little more than a little). But admit it, tests are a pain. And you know what's worse? Not during a test, but before a test. Just before it's being handed out, you doubt yourself and all the countless hours studying goes to waste. Well, here are some tricks to help take away that bundle of test stress.
1) Bunch up your fists tightly for 10 seconds and (yours toes too, but that's optional) slowly release. This releases endorphins. Endorphins are a brain chemical that'll release stress and will help you remember when Julius Caesar died or what dehydrogenation is.
2) This method is slightly, er, difficult. It's laughing. Laughing is like a bomb of endorphins (figuratively of course). This is probably the most effective method, but what will the teacher think when you walk in the room with a joke book and laugh during the test?
3) To start off with, this method carries some risk. Carefully bunch up your shoulders (as if you're trying to make them touch your ears) and make sure you aren't putting in any strength to this. Now let them fall suddenly. You might feel a chill up your spine or nothing at all. That shows that this trick worked...
So, I hope the next test you take, you'll try this out! (maybe not the laughing part)...-Kyung Jin
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