Why Do You Always Get Sick After Exams?

Why can you usually stay healthy while you’re going through a stressful situation, but then you get sick right after?

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[pay]

I have been living on instant noodles for 2 months, when examns are over i'm gonna die

[CinnamonToast]

it's crazy to me that some people think there's nothing wrong with the school system when people are getting physically sick because of the stress it causes

[ScottTK]

The trick is to fail all your finals and continue to be stressed forever: this way, you don't get sick.

[ferociousmaliciousghost]

I've never been sick after a test. Am I the only one like this?

[elliewatson]

Literally me right now. I’ve just finished my exams and I’ve just gotten ill. I have a very good immune system and am never sick. But I have been these past couple of days and had no idea why. Thanks for the great vids scishow!

[halsti]

thats the reason why i still go to uni, even if i have no lectures, just to learn for examns. as soon as i get home and stay home, my body goes into holiday mode and doesnt feel like it has to be healthy anymore..

[sebastianelytron]

Finishing (and passing) exams is sick😎

[SlimThrull]

Any chance the writers can avoid using terms like "super common" and simply tell us what the actual rate is? I take "super common" to mean 90% or better, but I don't know of anyone who suffers from this.

[mihneazoican]

I'm watching this at 1.44am, redbull in one hand, a cigarette in other, learning for my histology exam that's in 6h from now

[JustinY.]

Sleep deprivation is a hell of a thing

[musclehank]

getting sick after exams is for the weak.

[martandrmc]

Well, not quite sitting on the beach, but sitting in the bed with a sunburn while it rains outside (here in greece).

[mokimon]

The key to eternal health: remain in a constant state of stress

[mypupismup]

Happens to me almost every time after finals. It’s like an adrenaline crash after being revved up for so long

[CrowAloysius]

Top 10 reasons school needs to change.

[Master_Therion]

This doesn't make sense, getting sick _after_ the exam? I schedule a doctor's exam _because_ I am sick.

[alexjun]

I get sick the week before exams and it lasts throughout the exam period.... Send help 😂

[SlyPearTree]

I have never felt stressful about exams, as a kid or as an adult. I developed extreme anxiety issues as an adult and went back to college for a year for work and exams still did not stress me out. I did shake like a leaf during solo presentations before the class, something that never happened to me when I was younger except once when asking a girl out in private.

I do have a couple of guesses about why exams never stressed me, I did not really care when I was young and counted on my intelligence to get a passing grade, I did care as an adult but was a good student that studied almost every day so I was confident without needing to cram. Exams were me against me, not something that triggered my anxiety issues back then.

[artistwithouttalent]

My body is a temple: all are welcome and their carnal impurities are removed.

[YounesLayachi]

I'll never get tired of this host