seems like it might be possible to study for and take a test without experiencing any fear/stress?!?!!!!
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either the stakes are real or they’re fake tho, right? if they’re fake then why are you taking it? and if they’re real then there is something you could lose that you don’t want to, right?
i think one can have stakes without the fear tho, or at least without terror
(this is the whole of the path)
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have heard rumors of such things 🙏
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Stakes for me were usually waaaaay too high. Not passing / failing but worth as a human, worthiness of love. Stuff matters but those subjects should never be up for debate
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it do be like that sometimes tho eh
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i care abt becoming a massage therapist but in this case there is nothing to lose. it's a pass/fail program and if i fail the test i simply retake it
.... AND YET ....
3 months & 5 tests into the program, the fear is only just starting to lessen
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it do be like that sometimes eh. was it like that in school too?
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Uh, do you stress out about all nontrivial stakes?
If so, I have terrible news!
There’s a third alternative - the stakes are real, but you meet the criteria/possess the skills/match whatever the test is testing, so you don’t have anything to worry about because failure is a vanishingly small probability, no matter the impact of it if you did.
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