TESTOPHOBIA

Daniela Mora Jiménez

Definition

Is the fear of taking test

Symptoms

Breathlessness Excessive sweating Nausea Dry mouth Feeling sick Shaking Heart palpitations

Causes

Traumatic events

Hereditary or genetics

Statistics This statistic is from an University of

Barcelona Spain. 32 medicine students who requested

treatment for their fear of examinations.

Results: 90% women 25%had received (or were receiving) psychological

or psychiatric attention. Students with fear of examinations were

more sensitive to punishment and less sensitive to reward, and showed more depressive and obsessive symptoms than controls.

Personal Experience

High School

Mathematics exam

Colitis

Treatment

No treatment

“Asociación Ayuda para el Tratamiento de los Trastornos de Ansiedad”

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