Hi everyone, I'm new to this site. I am a grade 10 high school student and this year especially I have just been constantly stressed about school performance because for a very long time, these blocks in my brain have just developed. I find it so hard to believe in my abilities when I'm put under pressure which causes me to do worse on difficult tests than I would do if I wasn't this stressed out. All my teachers have constantly been telling me that the issue is all coming from my brain not beliving in myself but I just can't be convinced that's true. My anxiety tells me that it's because I'm simply not "smart" compared to other people and these thoughts have been consuming me so much. I find it so hard just to get things done on the weekend because of them. I just wrote a science test and french quiz and to be honest I am 100x more stressed AFTER the test than before it. They weren't too hard but as soon as I frantically asked everyone what they wrote for each question, I got incredibly stressed out when they got different answers for the harder questions. Term 1 is ending in 3 weeks which means report cards which means parents seeing it and I'm honestly so scared because it's also not just about my parents. I have goals of going to american universities like UCLA or Berekeley that require a very high GPA for grade 10 and 11 together and it's hard when I am in grade 10 right now and how it's my average throughout the whole year that determines my final mark.