by rwwon » Thu Jan 26, 2017 5:21 pm
I got to the point where I wouldn't be anxious about test results until the night before I knew they would be issued. I would write down post-test notes in case I needed to re-take it, but that's it. The rest is out of your control.
As a general tip, I've learned over time that you can't sit and stew in your anxiety on a given issue, but you also can't just ignore it - your mind likes to reconcile things, so let it reconcile itself. Sit and think through what is bothering you, then have an honest conversation about the reality of what you are stressing over, the worst that could happen, and how you will overcome it, all while reinforcing the fact that it hasn't happened yet and you will react when the time comes. Once you've done that, you're done. Then when your mind tries to stress out over it, you tell yourself you've already thought through it and you know how you will handle it so you don't need to relive it.
If you can master this you are going to save your health, because lets face it: there are a million things to stress about as an architect.