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Catlin suggests that anyone anxious about an exam come in and see a therapist. One advantage to catching exam anxiety early, he points out, is that if the exam anxiety is triggered solely because of the exam--because the student hasn't done the work, or didn't understand it--the problem can be transferred to the Bureau of Study Counsel, which works closely with Mental Health Services...

Author: By Fern E. Reiss, | Title: The Great Depression | 1/14/1983 | See Source »

Although there are some students who come in several times to discuss their exam anxiety, many students only come in once. "Many are solo visits--not because they were dissatisfied, but because they just needed someone to talk to someone at one time, and they did." Only a small proportion of students are repeat customers and return for more than one Reading Period semester," Catlin says, noting that there are still always a few who are "chronically conscious about academia...

Author: By Fern E. Reiss, | Title: The Great Depression | 1/14/1983 | See Source »

Students aren't the only ones affected by the tense atmosphere of Reading Period. s Although exams come and go, twinges of exam anxiety can apparently recur indefinitely...

Author: By Fern E. Reiss, | Title: The Great Depression | 1/14/1983 | See Source »

...have my own Reading Period anxieties," confesses Thomas A. Dingman '67, assistant dean of the College and Leverett House senior tutor. "I always begin to dream about being unprepared for an exam. I wake up in a cold sweat. And I haven't been a student for a number of years--I graduated...

Author: By Fern E. Reiss, | Title: The Great Depression | 1/14/1983 | See Source »

Catlin notes that students are encouraged to come to UHS and talk about their anxieties. "We like to stress that you don't have to be sick to come and talk about these concerns," he says. There should be no stigma attached 'O a-need to talk about exam anxieties. "It's an important part of the college experience, to learn to deal with anxiety," he says. After all--"all life will be filled with anxiety...

Author: By Fern E. Reiss, | Title: The Great Depression | 1/14/1983 | See Source »

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