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How Internalized Pressure Turns Studying Into Fear And What To Do About It
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The weeks before exams can turn even the calmest home into a pressure cooker. Kim Lee, a child and adolescent psychotherapist, unpacks how school targets, league tables, and well-intended reminders morph into a harsh inner critic for many teens—and what we can do to change the script. We explore why messages like These exams decide your future or You can’t afford to fall behind often backfire, creating chronic anxiety, avoidance, or joyless overworking.
We walk through the process of internalization—the moment external pressure becomes an internal voice—and the very real…
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