I wished I had learnt how my brain worked when I was at school…

If the brain is so incredibly sophisticated and powerful, then why can it let us down when we need it the most?

Now imagine: It’s exam day… you’ve done all the revisions and prepared really well, but you feel stressed.

This is what happens:

1. Your brain receives a stimulus (the exam is here).
2. The exam is perceived as a ‘threat’.
3. You get sweaty palms, your heart pounds
4. You are struggling to remember the answers you knew so well
5. You feel panicked

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