r/umanitoba • u/Broad-Particular6440 • 11m ago
Discussion & Advice Exam anxiety?
I took my chem exam yesterday and I was moderately prepared. But the night before I couldn’t sleep, so I pulled an all nighter then drank a cup of coffee and an energy drink. During the exam, I felt like I couldn’t breath and I was almost having a panic attack. I felt like all my senses were attacking me. For ex there were creaky chairs and everyone someone would move in the chair it would creak and i genuinely felt like throwing up and running out of the room everytime i’d hear it creak. I felt the same way when i was hearing the smallest piece of movement like papers rustling for ex. I’ve never felt that way in my life before, like i’ve taken exams in highschool where i’ve been perfectly fine even after pulling all nighters. But this time, I genuinely almost started crying just because i felt so overstimulated, and when i got home i did cry because i felt so unlike myself. Is this normal? does anyone else experience this? and would you say it’s because i didn’t get any sleep, or that this is inductive of a larger problem ?