Can stress be helpful? As exam season opens, we have imagined the helpful letter of advice we wish we had received at the start of that nerve-wracking and exhausting summer term.
‘The exam advice I wish had been given’
Concentration: A detail from Robert Braithwaite Martineau’s 1852 painting Kit’s Writing Lesson. Glossary
Catastrophise - Imagine the worst possible outcome.
Auditory - To do with hearing.
Kinesthetic - To do with movement.
Adrenaline - A hormone made by the body in response to a stressful or threatening situation.
Hair shirt - An uncomfortable shirt once worn by religious people to punish themselves.