For A01 I only mentioned wernickes area but used and defined key terms like anosognosia,neologisms, word salads and how it leads to receptive aphasia and that wernickes area is located in the left temporal lobe of the brain.
I completely misread it as lateralisation and started waffling about how Sperry found that the LH had a verbal role and that the RH had an emotional role for the a03 as research support.
My go to study method is blurting and multiple of my exams are back to back, which means I spend around 6 hours a day writing.😭
I had my first A-level retake exam and I felt so on edge the entire time and it left me unable to complete my paper towards the end as I overestimated the timeframe. I completed the other essays fine but left out the a02 and a03 for the application social influence 16 marker and only put a01 for social support and locus of control. I began shaking as I couldn’t stop thinking about what I wrote for the previous questions. I’m on a gap year to retake so I don’t have many options. I can’t stop thinking about it and have 5 hours of sleep from the day before. I still feel so nauseas and dizzy and can’t even focus on revising for my next exam in 4 days time. I really needed this to work as I was hoping to apply to my dream university’s with achieved grades as all the unis I’m interested in don’t accept my current grades. That doesn’t even seem like a possibility anymore. I feel so lost and my motivation for everything is fading away. It’s really frustrating to know that I spent hours covering content and put so much emphasis on preparing, only for this to potentially be the thing that derails the efforts I have put into my studies this entire year. Like every low paid minimum wage job I worked to save for the exam entry fees is all for nothing. I genuinely thought I was in a better position this time as a similar thing happened in my final paper last year but it was so much more intense this time.
I began running out of time towards the end and didn’t manage to complete the 16 marker. For the social influence essay I only managed to add the ao1 outlining social support and locus of control and had no time for any evaluations. I placed so much emphasis on perfecting paper 1 and I’ve hardly looked over paper 3. I don’t even know how to make a comeback in time as paper three is only on the 5th of June.
It’s this weird Déjà vu sensation that lowkey nostalgic but in a nauseating way. In hindsight, there’s so much I would have done differently if I were to know how everything around me would unravel.
I hate how I experience everything so intensely as it only ever leads to my own disappointment.
It’s the first thing I wake up to in the morning and that’s when most my exams are going to be😭. Does anyone have supplement recommendations as I’ve tried magnesium glycinate with l-theanine but it hasn’t made a difference?
I’ve been homeschooling to resit my A-levels as a private candidate (due to extenuating circumstances) and it’s starting to appear like everything is going wrong in one way or another. My dream uni rejected me a few months ago and now my psychology tutor has been airing all my messages even though my first exam is in less than 5 days. I feel nauseous thinking about failing again and wake up almost every day shaky as hell. I don’t want to come across as arrogant but I am happy with the scores I get on past papers and the part that’s affecting my scores seems to be more of a stress rather than knowledge issue and I don’t know how to overcome it before it’s ruining my life.
I have been preparing to retake an important exam for over a year and it’s on Friday. It’s becoming so frustrating as no matter how many times I cover the content I get thrown off when the smallest thing goes wrong then end up ruminating about what will happen to me if I fail my exams for hours on end. It’s gotten to the point I’ve had multiple dreams about something going wrong in my exams and wake up with my hands shaking out of fear it’s become so exhausting. This morning I started counting down the days left till my first exam and genuinely felt like I was going to throw up. I’m really worried about this hijacking my exam performance as I literally feel like I’ll faint thinking about it.
I don’t have a face mask nearby and am worried about the drowsiness I’ll experience the following day as someone has just spray painted a door inside the house. Is there anything in particular I can do in the meantime as I don’t have any face masks nearby and have already opened my windows as far as they can go out?
The situation that made me realise I needed to move out was when my mum asked me to paint chairs without warning me the paint contained harmful chemicals that can cause drowsiness. When I woke up the following day my entire body was weak and I could hardly move. My mum then asked if I was dizzy and ok as she could see I was lying down and having to use my laptop to revise because I couldn’t get up. I was so embarrassed that I allowed myself to be subjected to this so ended up saying no as I didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of knowing she made me feel ill. She then laughed and left my room. The way she acts is starting to become unbearable.
When I called a domestic abuse refuge, the lady on the phone was passive aggressive at times and I put it down to her potentially being stressed. Minutes after arriving I was told I needed to sign some paper work so they could claim money from the government for allowing me to stay. It just felt so transactional. The place smelled like weed mixed with cigarette smoke and I felt like I was going to throw up. I told the lady I would sign the paperwork tmr and that I felt really tired. Nothing was mentioned regarding money prior to this. She appeared frustrated and started going off they have been waiting weeks to claim this money from the government. (I was unable to move in on the original agreed date as something came up). I then told her I don’t want to stay there as the smoke smell is really bad. She followed me out the dining room and asked me to repeat myself. I told her it smells really bad. I booked an uber back to my mums house. Then when I was sat outside waiting for my uber she came and asked how long my uber would be and told me how there were no other places available. I asked her if she could not smell the smoke and she denied it. She started playing the race card and attempted to guilt trip me by saying how the other tenant is asian and doesn’t smoke. I then proceeded to say to her that idk what race has to do with it. The entire interaction felt so off (I’m neurodivergent so maybe it was just that).
Idk how to stop living in fear as the unpredictable nature of everything around me leads me fixate on the potential consequences of not being constantly alert.
Like what is actually left when you’re in a situation where you don’t even know what your own life is turning into. My passion for almost everything is slowly fading. I feel so guilty for all the money my parents have sacrificed on me and just keep turning back to sh after years of quitting.
The situation that made me realise I needed to move out was when my mum asked to paint chairs without being warned that it contained harmful chemicals that can cause drowsiness. When I woke up the following day my entire body was weak and I could hardly move. My mum then asked if I was dizzy and ok as she could see I was lying down and having to use my laptop to revise because I couldn’t get up. I was so embarrassed that I allowed myself to be subjected to this situation so ended up saying no as I didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of knowing she made me feel ill. She then laughed and left my room. My exams are so close and the way she acts is starting to become unbearable.
When I called a domestic abuse refuge, the lady on the phone was passive aggressive at times and I put it down to her potentially being stressed. Minutes after arriving I was told I needed to sign some paper work so they could claim money from the government for allowing me to stay. It just felt so transactional. The place smelled like weed mixed with cigarette smoke and I felt like I was going to pass out. I told the lady I would sign the paperwork tmr and that I felt really tired. Nothing was mentioned regarding money prior to this. She appeared frustrated and started going off they have been waiting weeks to claim this money from the government. (I was unable to move in on the original agreed date as something came up). I then told her I don’t want to stay there as the smoke smell is really bad. She followed me out the dining room and asked me to repeat myself. I told her it smells really bad. I booked an uber back to the house I was fleeing from. Then when I was sat outside waiting for my uber she came and asked how long my uber would be and told me how there were no other places available. I asked her if she could not smell the smoke and she denied it. She started playing the race card and attempted to guilt trip me by saying how the other tenant is asian and doesn’t smoke. I then proceeded to say to her that idk what race has to do with it. (I’m black btw) The entire interaction felt so off (I’m neurodivergent so maybe it was just that).
Idk how to stop living in fear as the unpredictable nature of everything around me leads me fixate on the potential consequences of not being constantly alert.
Like what is actually left when you’re in a situation where you don’t even know what your own life is turning into. My passion for almost everything is slowly fading. I feel so guilty for all the money my parents have sacrificed on me and just keep turning back to sh after years of quitting.
I have been preparing to retake my A-level exams privately and recently I’ve been finding it difficult to figure out if I’m prepared enough. I keep thinking back to how humiliating it will be if I fail again and it’s becoming really draining. I don’t know what to do about it as I’m uncertain about whether this will be the thing that derails all my efforts. Exams are pretty much the only thing I can think about at the moment. I started getting panic attacks recently despite not having any for months and it’s getting so overwhelming. I’m not sure what to do to prevent it from getting worse. I’ve already tried the self help apps and having a set point in the day where my revision ends but it hasn’t made much of a difference.
I used to find enjoyment in my revision as the subjects I study genuinely interest me, but lately I’ve found that it’s just turned into memorising. I end up covering extensive topic lists and complete the majority of past papers only to wake up the next day and feel like it wasn’t adequate and do it all over again. I’m not sure if my strategy is counterproductive as every time I get a particular set of questions wrong it derails my entire study schedule as I contemplate whether I’m even prepared and end up spending longer revising because of my fear of failing.
Sometimes I get the impression that the hours I’ve spent preparing for my exams aren’t ever going to payoff. I’m not sure how to decide if I’m truly ready to sit the exams or delay them to a year later as it’s been the only thing on my mind lately. I’ve even quit my job and I don’t have anything going outside of studying.