Some psychologist recommend that to overcome stresses in daily life we should do nothing at all for a period of time of the day. Do you agree or disagree?

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, though
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with desperation and anxiety as I stare at the blank page on my desk
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This
is my
first
time sitting for an external
exam
,
although
I have conquered the
last
few pages without any difficulties, I find myself hopelessly stuck at the
last
one. To add to my misery, I realized that
this
question
also
brings the highest mark- precisely eight marks. I try to keep myself calm, as I reread the
question
.
However
, I could not make sense of the
question
as if it is written in another language! How could I solve
this
question
? I have never felt so frustrated and anxious in my whole life, I think miserably while calculating fiercely on the blank page. Deep down in my heart, I heard a tiny voice asking, am I going to fail the
exam
, despite all the hard work? A chill runs down my back as I looked at the clock and realize that I have only 20 minutes left. How could
this
happen! I had studied for a whole year to prepare myself for
this
exam
, yet I could not even solve
this
question
.
This
is horrible! Tears start to form in my eyes, as I read through my calculation in despair. No matter what I try to do, the calculation just seems to be wrong. With all my might, I try to prevent myself from crying out loud in the middle of the
exam
hall, while thousands of
question
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are racing through my head. What if the
question
itself is wrong? Could there be anything I misread? And the worst of all the questions, what if I fail the
exam
because of
this
question
? Inside my heart, I felt that hope is like a dim-lit candle in the dark, weak and dying out at
this
very minute. Suddenly, like struck by
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, I realized my mistake. How could I be so stupid and not
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it! Filled once again with hope, I start to solve the
question
but
this
time, with a victorious smile
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my lips.
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