Tag: anxiety
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The Twelve Myths of Test Anxiety
Courtesy of WVU Parkersberg: THE TWELVE MYTHS OF TEST ANXIETY: · Students are born with test anxiety. · Test anxiety is a mental illness. · Test anxiety cannot be reduced. · Any level of test anxiety is bad. · All students who are not prepared have test anxiety. · Students with test anxiety cannot learn…
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Performance Anxiety and the Dread of Shame
Confessions of a psychoanalyst As part of my conflict about performing, there’s a deeper underlying issue for me than anxiety and that is dread of shame over exposing my anxiety. Perhaps the title, “Confessions of a Psychoanalyst” provided a clue. Shame is the primary indicator of not belonging to oneself. In shame, you belong to…
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“Techno-Anxiety”
Net-worked youth lose sleep For 19-year-old mass communication student Anshu Sharma, it is common to wake up suddenly in the night to check if there is any new mail or to see the latest update of her other social networking partners. Sharma, according to psychiatrists, is among a growing number of Indians aged between 15…
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder In-Depth
Recommended reading: a page full of GAD info and help at MayoClinic.com.