nervous Archives - Youth Are Awesome https://youthareawesome.com/tag/nervous/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:49:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Seize The Moment! How To Conquer Performance Anxiety https://youthareawesome.com/seize-the-moment-how-to-conquer-performance-anxiety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seize-the-moment-how-to-conquer-performance-anxiety https://youthareawesome.com/seize-the-moment-how-to-conquer-performance-anxiety/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:49:04 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=117369 Whether is a piano recital, dance competition, or big presentation, performance anxiety makes itself known in every field, whether its sports or music. Performance anxiety can get so severe that it can impact your everyday life and mental health, hindering your ability to do your best. There’s nothing worse than working hard just to get […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/seize-the-moment-how-to-conquer-performance-anxiety/feed/ 0 First Time Volunteering? Here’s What No One Tells You https://youthareawesome.com/first-time-volunteering-heres-what-no-one-tells-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-time-volunteering-heres-what-no-one-tells-you https://youthareawesome.com/first-time-volunteering-heres-what-no-one-tells-you/#comments Wed, 14 May 2025 15:26:35 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=116844 Volunteering is often known as a rewarding and fulfilling experience, but for those new to it, it can feel pretty intimidating. Signing up is the easy part, but actually showing up? That’s where most people feel the most anxious. My first time volunteering was nerve-wracking, but I ended up learning so much along the way. […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/first-time-volunteering-heres-what-no-one-tells-you/feed/ 1 The Ground – A Poem https://youthareawesome.com/the-ground-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ground-a-poem Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:42:34 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=112911 Nervousness is an emotion that is not new to any of us. Whether it be before a major test, on the first day of school, or in a public setting, our throats start to dry, our palms sweat, or heart beat gets faster, and we feel unstable. When feeling that way, think about this poem […]

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]]> Nervous https://youthareawesome.com/nervous/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nervous Thu, 23 Nov 2017 01:46:31 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=90245 A poem about that inevitable feeling A knot twists at your insides Pulling this way, tugging that way. Your hands quiver Like frozen leaves. The tip of your nose is frozen But your heart tries to break out Of its bone and ligament enclosure. That essential, blood-pumping organ Is pounding Like a bread maker nearing […]

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]]> Anxiety Attacks: please don’t blame yourself https://youthareawesome.com/anxiety-attacks-blame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anxiety-attacks-blame Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:51:50 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=69978 Having an anxiety attack is bad enough. Feeling like you’re weak because of it or being told that you need to try better to “push through it” does not make the situation easier. At all. We all get anxious sometimes, and those of us who are teenagers seem to be extra skilled at having anxiety. Tests, relationships, […]

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]]> Getting Over Test Anxiety https://youthareawesome.com/test-anxiety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=test-anxiety Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:49:51 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=39056 We’ve all been there- that moment before a test when we claw our heads and desperately search our minds for any trace of the knowledge we so efficiently crammed in the night before. Of course, at the same time we also wonder why, oh why, did our brains have to betray us at the moment […]

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