Thanks for replying, biiv. One of my teachers told me I was having a panic attack, too...which is a worrying thought, really, seeing as it's not the first time I've felt that way. Something very similar happened to me in my German speaking test - the fact that my words were being recorded made me panic.

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before an exam sometimes we can get so focused on what we re learning and on the stress of it we dont even think about things like whether or not we can bring a particular book in.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> That's true - I wasn't thinking at all, I hadn't even considered that it might not be allowed. I mean, people who have verb tables in their dictionaries are allowed those! You're just not allowed separate ones...I guess because they're bigger.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who would have reacted that way - I thought I was over-reacting really badly. I guess that's one of the reasons I haven't told anyone in real life. I'm going to try and bring it up in therapy tomorrow.

Thanks.