How exam pressure affects teenage mental health
Published on: Dec. 30, 2025, 11:30 a.m. | Source: Times of India
Today’s competitive education system has ensured that examination pressure is no longer restricted to being an initiation ritual for school-going kids but has now become a concern for mental health. Being young is already a vulnerable age for emotional and intellectual growth, and when those expectations come from parents, educational institutions, and even friends, it is enough to drive them back into reality. Studies have found that academic pressures have been found to be consistently related to anxiety, depression, low well-being, and low self-esteem in adolescence.
