As students across the country await their results, elements of anxiety and stress may start to emerge. Months of hard work and sustained focus coupled with the pressure of having to make crucial decisions about the immediate and long-term future can leave students feeling overwhelmed. As a lecturer at the University of Westminster who previously changed careers and started a course as a mature student through Clearing, I know from experience that selecting the right career path, the right university, the right course, deciding whether to have a gap year and how to finance it, devising a realistic Plan B and worrying about what one’s friends will be doing can all play a part in the build-up of stress.
当全国的学生都在等待他们的成绩时，焦虑和压力便逐渐显现。数月的努力和持续关注加上必须对近期和长期未来做出关键决定的压力，会让学生感到不知所措。作为一名曾重新选择过职业生涯的威斯敏斯特大学讲师，我曾改变职业，并以学生身份通过仔细考虑回顾过往，开始了一门全新的课程。从过去经验中我了解到，选择正确的职业道路、正确的大学、正确的课程、决定是否有过渡年以及如何为那一年提供资金、制定一个备选方案、担心自己的朋友将会做什么等等一系列问题，都会成为压力积累的要素。
Stress is a natural and essential survival response that can enhance performance at optimal levels. However, if the perceived or actual demands exceed available resource, the stress can have a negative impact on health and well-being. Although the effects of long-term stress on the mind and body vary for each individual, common features include muscle tension, palpitations, pain, fatigue, low mood, attentional difficulties, and poor concentration and decision-making.
压力可以提高最佳表现水准，是自然且必要的生存反应。然而，如果感知或实际需求超过了能力极限，压力也会对健康和幸福产生负面影响。尽管长期压力对每个人身心具体影响各不相同，但仍有一些共同特征如肌肉紧张、心悸、疼痛、疲劳、情绪低落、注意力不集中、专注力差、决策力差。
Learning how to manage stress is an invaluable tool for students throughout the run-up to Results Day on 18 August and will be crucial, especially on the day, for those who do not achieve the grades that they expected or needed. It is always difficult to cope with negative emotions and perceptions, but it is even harder to cope with them at such a pivotal point when efficient cognitive processing, psychological resilience and flexibility will be required to make effective decisions quickly. Psychologists acknowledge how important it is both to process emotions and to be aware of how emotions can distort our perceptions, thereby validating the feelings that are naturally associated with disappointment and the sense of social judgement.
在8月18日出成绩期间尤其是当天，学习如何管理压力，对那些没有达到预期成绩的学生而言是至关重要的重要一课。处理负面情绪和认知从不是容易的事，尤其在在关键时刻，要迅速做出有效决策就需要有效的认知处理、心理弹性和灵活性。心理学家承认处理情绪和意识到情绪如何扭曲我们的感知非常重要，从而验证了那些与失望和社会判断感自然相关的感觉。
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