I have an exam tomorrow and I know I haven’t revised enough, but every time I tried to bring myself to revise I get some type of mental paralysis where I can’t force myself to do anything. I lie there, feeling incredibly guilty and stressed, but I do nothing about it - I feel like I could do nothing about it, even though I can. Now there really is no time to do anything and I feel the weight of my previous actions, I feel so stressed because I know that if certain questions appear I will literally be clueless. I need at least a B in this exam, but preferably an A and the stress of knowing this is making it even worse. Why can’t I just bring myself to revise?? It’s really hard and I don’t know what I’m supposed to do to solve this for my next exam in three weeks.
Hey OP,
To be honest, it has been a while since I have taken exams, but I can still feel the stress of an upcoming exam, and when you feel like you haven’t studied enough. You know what you’re supposed to do which is to study, but you genuinely just don’t want to–even though you should.
You say that you feel mentally paralysed and you can’t get yourself to study even though you should. Perhaps instead of cooping yourself and letting the stress fester, you can allow yourself to go outside and have a short walk. Doesn’t have to be far, maybe just around your neighbourhood. Maybe there’s a place that you enjoy, like a park. I find that locking yourself inside your house or residence will only trap the stress and burden inside of you. Give yourself a bit of kindness.
All you can control now is how much you can revise for your exams. As long as you’ll be doing your best, that’s all that matters.
Thank you for your kind words. I finished the exam today and it went surprisingly better than I thought it would, as the paper was a forgiving one (although I guess I won’t truly know until results.) I have another exam in two and a half weeks and will use your advice to try be better prepared and prevent the procrastination I usually struggle with. I don’t want to feel how I felt last night again and will use that as motivation to push myself. 
Hi OP!
That’s so great to hear! I’m happy that you did well on your first exam. 
And yes, please take some time to just take a nice walk or have a nice breather.
Hope you’ll do well on your next ones. Take care of yourself, get some rest after you study