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After the coronavirus epidemic, it was reported that the Entrance Exam to High Schools (LGS) will be held on June 20 and the Higher Education Institutions Exam (YKS) will be held on June 27-28. Psychiatrist Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevcan Karakoç Demirkaya From Istanbul Gelisim University, who pointed out that changing dates, students going to take exams in their own schools and especially exams using masks can cause anxiety on students, said: “Some anxiety is always necessary so that they sit and study for the exam and be productive this period. However, there was an uncertainty and it was an uncertainty about the exam. For this reason, some of the children stopped working or some young people were now exhausted. The clarification of history has been good in a sense and has reduced anxiety.”
 
THESE BREATHING EXERCISES CAN BE APPLIED
 
Stating that people start to breathe fast when they get stressed and that this situation is something that increases the feeling of moisture and discomfort in the mask Assoc. Prof. Dr. Demirkaya said, “For this reason, maybe even the last 10 days, they can do breathing exercises and relaxation exercises. If there is a serious anxiety that they cannot manage, they have anxiety at home, even if they are worrying about them even at the moment, they recommend getting support from a mental health worker.”
 
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Demirkaya, added: “There are different methods of breathing exercises, but the general thing is that; we need to breathe by counting up to 7, and then counting up to 6. In general, we breathe deeply but are given immediately. Imagine having a butterfly in your palm. When we blow fast, the wings of the butterfly disintegrate, but while you breathe deeply and exhale deeply, you gently blow and your butterfly can fly. They can work by dreaming that butterflies are flying.”
 
STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA TO REDUCE ANXIETY!
 
Demirkaya, who advised young people to reduce their anxiety during the exam period, said: “I recommend that they stay a little further away from social media and listen to news about the coronavirus and exam less in order to reduce their anxiety. Because disasterization scenarios are written here, which increases exam anxiety.”
 
REQUIRED TO RETURN TO OLD ORDERS
 
Emphasizing that the order of the youth has deteriorated considerably until this time, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevcan Karakoç Demirkaya said: “There was also a group of adolescents, some of whom lived at night and slept during the day. They have to leave this order because there is a very short time to take the exam. They need to go to bed at night and get up at a certain time in the morning. They should stop eating when it comes to their minds and pay attention to their diet as before.”
 
“THEY SHOULD HAVE TRIAL TESTS IN MASK”
 
Stating that “They have to spend the remaining approximately 1 month by solving a masked experiment at the time of the exam” Demirkaya continued as follows:
“I suggest that they try the exams by determining the sessions like routine on the day of the exam, without leaving home at that time, without looking at the mobile phone, eating and drinking something and wearing a mask. Mask is an application for all candidates to take the exam. This should give students the feeling that they are not alone and think like that. It is important that the mask is a mask that they know. The smell and structure of some masks can be different. It will be more convenient to adjust the masks they will use on the day of the exam beforehand.”
 
WARNING TO THOSE WHO WEAR GLASSES!
 
Indicating that the lenses can mist when using the mask and glasses together, Demirkaya said, “The wearers of glasses, must find out what to do the glasses to be steamed less. They need to find their way at home so that they don't get excited during the exam and manage time properly.”
 
WARNING TO FAMILIES: DO NOT MAKE STRESS INCREASING WARNINGS
 
Demirkaya also warned families and said: “Families should not react to their children with stress. They should put forward their expectations more realistic. If they have been very interested in their children until this time, they should continue to be interested in the last 1 month. But if they have not been very interested in their children so far, it will not make sense to insist so much in the last month. Then the child may be surprised at what to do. Families should have a regulatory duty. They need to arrange bedtime-departure times, eating hours, trial-solving times during the day and arrange the last month together at home according to the rhythm of the child.”