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How does anxiety affect school?

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Last Updated: 05/11/2021 at 10:04am
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Anonymous
June 23rd, 2020 12:37am
Anxiety can affect school and schoolwork in many ways. You might be anxious that you're not going to come to class on time or turn in your work on time which could lead to feeling overwhelmed and overworked. You might feel anxious in social situations, which there are lot of in school including being called on during class, interacting with friends and more. All this can be exhausting to constantly be feeling anxious about during school. Anxiety can also affect the ability to concentrate on schoolwork and other activities which might lead to falling behind or lowered grades. Depending on your situation, anxiety can affect many aspects of school
Anonymous
February 23rd, 2021 5:51pm
Anxiety affects us in school in many ways. Truthfully is when you are dealing with anxiety you feel unmotivated which usually leads to procrastinations or simply not getting things done. We are often distracted. Also, anxiety causes us to avoid things. Often those who are dealing with anxiety do not participate in class or outside activities with classmates which then affects us in school in a way where we aren't being social enough. Not participating in class can also affect our participation scores which most professors care about. Anxiety can also affect school in the sense where you might not attend school at all and this becomes a problem. Anxiety often leads to not being able to be your true self especially in the classroom.
gaetherapistfriend
May 11th, 2021 10:04am
Anxiety can make normal tasks at school exponentially more difficult. For example, when it comes to making friends or connecting with classmates in general it can give the person with anxiety a sense that they are unwanted and a annoying to the people they interact with at school. This can also make them less likely to ask for help. When the person is anxious about doing well on a certain paper or test, it can make them heavily procrastinate studying for it or getting started on it, since they want to succeed but can be afraid that it won't be perfect so they don't even start in the first place for fear of not reaching their own expectations. Of course, anxiety can also take a really big toll on the affected person when they need to do a presentation or speech in front of the class, as this can be incredibly nerve wracking.