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Getting through Exams

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Getting Through   Exams Unless you have some bizarre super power of not worrying, I think we all have been stuck panicking about the inevitable exams coming our way. From the year six SATs to university finals, we seem to be stuck with them. and if you're anything like me, there are times it all makes all my anxiety worse. and as a girl who has at least 10 panic attacks a week, I could do with a little break. But they also have taught me how to handle stress, which has helped me immensely.  (and it feels amazing when you nail an exam of course!) No matter your age, exams can be daunting.  Don't listen to the people trying to ignore that, telling you their work is harder and somehow qualifies to be more stressful than yours. Well, good for them. but we all know thats not true. When I did my GCSE's, I could never understand the maths and without working on it I would've never achieved my grade. And now, because I've passed that stage of my

Hidden Identities

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Hidden Identities    (image taken from google) All my life, my attention always seemed to amplify ten fold once the supernatural was introduced. It wasn't because they had glistening skin or snarling teeth; that could send children into a comatose of a nightmare. It was the fact that they hid themselves. From comic books to televised wonders, we had adored the idea that there was something out there that was different.  Maybe it was because it made us feel more normal, or spiked a sense of adrenaline at the implausible notion. But everyone was enticed as soon as a hero or a villain had stepped onto a show. For me; they created a sanctuary. A safe haven.  As my life grew more complicated and my own kryptonite, known as anxiety, rocketed into space. There were these people, who did not fit in nor fit out of place in our world, stuck in this bardo (in between these two states) and would never find an escape. Instead, they took their anchor as a way to grow and prevent the