A few of us went away with every Nintendo console known to man and a shitload of booze the week before to take our minds off it, stumbling back into Melton on results day. It definitely worked; several of us actually forgot there were results due.
Freaking out for exam results, tips to calm down
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You're in the UK. Even if you get the worst exam results possible you won't starve or be homeless because your government will take care of you. Hell, even if you commit murder you'll be fed, clothed and given a bed to sleep in. Why worry?
Listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDVzHOrvEtA&feature=BFa&list=PL752E6D6ECD76D004
Best advice I can give.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDVzHOrvEtA&feature=BFa&list=PL752E6D6ECD76D004
Best advice I can give.
I should hope not.Boudica said:
So, let that be just a little... note, for the record.Forum Rules said:
And just so you know as well.Patrick Buck said:
OT: Eat ice cream, watch animé. Read good books.
Especially the books. And the ice cream.
Here in Ireland, the results just came out. A few tips.
Put it off. Everything. Every single thing. Anything you need to do, any errand. Cram the last two or three days with absolutely every piece of busy-work you can fucking imagine. And spend the last night hanging out with friends doing something loud and distracting.
That's how I got through it. Yesterday I was just like ERRAND DAY WOO and when I got home I had friends over to play Magic: The Gathering. Magic is a loud activity when you have twice as many people present as those who are playing.
Put it off. Everything. Every single thing. Anything you need to do, any errand. Cram the last two or three days with absolutely every piece of busy-work you can fucking imagine. And spend the last night hanging out with friends doing something loud and distracting.
That's how I got through it. Yesterday I was just like ERRAND DAY WOO and when I got home I had friends over to play Magic: The Gathering. Magic is a loud activity when you have twice as many people present as those who are playing.
Night before A Level results? It was a friend's birthday, so, went clubbing. Definitely a good way to take your mind off it.
Basically, anything enjoyable to distract you.
Basically, anything enjoyable to distract you.
To be fair, miss mod-pants, there have been entire threads devoted to being pro weed on this site.Katherine Kerensky said:
Just Saiyan.
OT: Just game. Relax. And when the day comes (tomorrow for me) go in to collect at the same time as good friends. Even if you find out you ballsed up (when I find out I ballsed up) they work wonders for making you feel better about it.
I never freak out about exams and things. Not one bit of stress in my life comes from waiting for results.
I think it's because I keep in mind that I can't do anything to change them before they come. I did the best I could, or I did as good as I was going to, and now I'll just be seeing how well I did. It isn't like I can reverse time to change my performance, hack into some system to edit it, or otherwise alter the scores.
They are what they are, and it isn't until after I get them that I can worry about changing anything.
I think it's because I keep in mind that I can't do anything to change them before they come. I did the best I could, or I did as good as I was going to, and now I'll just be seeing how well I did. It isn't like I can reverse time to change my performance, hack into some system to edit it, or otherwise alter the scores.
They are what they are, and it isn't until after I get them that I can worry about changing anything.
I dunno, I've never found a way to effectively distract myself from something I'm worried about. People usually say 'oh just watch a movie, play a game, read a book, hang out with friends' but if I do that I still can't think about anything but what I'm worried about, so don't enjoy it anyway. So, er, I'm useless on this topic, basically.
My best advice if you're worrying about something (exam results in this case) is just to think about it a lot for a period of time, figure out all possibilities and what you'll do in each case, and then whenever you're tempted to think about it again later, just think 'nope, there's no point, I've thought about this as much as I possibly can'. It's better than leaving it as just a nagging doubt in the back of your mind, anyway.
But if you CAN distract yourself, just do that.
My best advice if you're worrying about something (exam results in this case) is just to think about it a lot for a period of time, figure out all possibilities and what you'll do in each case, and then whenever you're tempted to think about it again later, just think 'nope, there's no point, I've thought about this as much as I possibly can'. It's better than leaving it as just a nagging doubt in the back of your mind, anyway.
But if you CAN distract yourself, just do that.
Well I do remember one that was like "what you doing for 420?"Fappy said:
"Oh, I'm totally gonna get baked and listen to Bob Dylan"
"fuq yeah, pawt!"
"Yeah!"
"YEAAAAH!"
"OOOOHHH!
"OOOOOHHH!"
So that was sure as hell outright advocation of smoking whacky tabacky.
They could be getting high on a legal substance though! Actually from what I understand a lot of the legal stuff people try to smoke to get high are actually more dangerous than the substance which will not be named.Binnsyboy said:Well I do remember one that was like "what you doing for 420?"Fappy said:
"Oh, I'm totally gonna get baked and listen to Bob Dylan"
"fuq yeah, pawt!"
"Yeah!"
"YEAAAAH!"
"OOOOHHH!
"OOOOOHHH!"
So that was sure as hell outright advocation of smoking whacky tabacky.
Well, considering 420 is weed day, and they were talking about weed, I doubtFappy said:They could be getting high on a legal substance though! Actually from what I understand a lot of the legal stuff people try to smoke to get high are actually more dangerous than the substance which will not be named.Binnsyboy said:Well I do remember one that was like "what you doing for 420?"Fappy said:
"Oh, I'm totally gonna get baked and listen to Bob Dylan"
"fuq yeah, pawt!"
"Yeah!"
"YEAAAAH!"
"OOOOHHH!
"OOOOOHHH!"
So that was sure as hell outright advocation of smoking whacky tabacky.
They so crazy.
Also, nutmeg is one such thing. Though I have never attempted it. I mean can you think of anything that makes you sound more like a posh towny?
My philosophy is: Don't get excited, try to be very realistic to the point of pessimism. When you get your results you will do better than you thought!
Also, much like death, realize that there is nothing you can do to change it and accept your ultimate demise.
Also, much like death, realize that there is nothing you can do to change it and accept your ultimate demise.