Exam Stress.
When it comes to our children at school, is exam stress a growing and worrying concern?
Yes, it is a worrying concern. Children with severe cases of test anxiety may have physical symptoms like stomach aches or headaches before or during the test. They may also express fears of failing. Often they are good students who appear to know the material the day before but cannot seem to do well during the examination.
Children find it scary to talk about exam stress or anxiety. They might feel like nobody else is feeling this way. But bottling up stress and trying to deal with it on your own can often make the stress worse. So it is better to talk about it with children.
Dr Anshul Mahajan
Consultant psychiatrist