nervousness and panic

[a0151]

hey, i just started here. i’m not diagnosed with anything, but i used to impulsively touch my hair, i pulled as a child/preteen, managed to pretty much stop eventually. i overthink heavily and had a panic attack the other day. i received bad news a few days back and processed it awkwardly and in silence, then it full on hit me later. i also panicked because i took a final and realized i memorized things well enough for my responses to some questions to be pretty much exactly like the review lecture. but it was timed and i went into the time frame spending adequate time but not running out, it was too big of a file to open that on my phone and i don’t have presentation apps that can support it. i hope my professor doesn’t think i’m cheating because of those occasional crossovers. it’s just what i remembered because i encoded it so much. that’s why it’s almost the same. but i got very scared with everything combined, my heart raced, i was shaking, i felt cold for no reason, and i suddenly felt a sense of nausea and weakness in my body so i thought it’s a panic attack. i contacted a hotline. i’m really scared, but i haven’t been contacted about anything since i took the final on monday so i should be ok? am i just overthinking and not letting my panic attack leave my body because it’s been over 48 hours since the final and i’m still scared

[scarr6]

Welcome to the group! I have pretty bad test anxiety, so can appreciate how you feel. I think you're definitely overthinking it, but that isn't always a helpful response. I find I often need some other things to think about to get out of the overthinking trap. In this situation, you haven't heard anything for several days since you took the final. The longer you go without hearing anything, the less likely it'll be a problem. But also, if they did not have someone proctor for you, say someone you live with that can email the professor how you were taking the test, there are fewer ways of proving whether or not someone cheated. I would expect the professor to take it easy, to some extent.