I usually dream of tests before I take them and there's one test in particular that has haunted me for the past six months or so. The dreams are classic anxiety dreams- I'm late, I don't get the questions, I'm running out of time, I'm alone, I get ridiculed by the professor, I panic and can't breathe-but they're so realistic that last time I took the test, for a moment I wasn't sure if I was dreaming or not. I ended up quitting halfway through because I couldn't take it anymore.

The only reason I knew I wasn't dreaming was because I was wearing a necklace I put on to remind myself that I wasn't dreaming- I never wear jewelry in dreams. Now I have to re-take the test on Thursday, but even though I know the course material almost perfectly I'm still afraid even when I just look at an older test because that's always when the panic starts in my nightmares and everything escalates.

I've even taken another, similar but harder test in between and did well on it- but I'm still afraid of this test, even though it's the easiest test for my easiest course with a really kind professor. How do I stop myself from freaking out come testing day?