Did you ever have to do an oral exam in a language at school? You walk to the front.You’ve revised. You know the topic. And then… nothing. Your mind goes blank. (It’s happened to me. I suspect it’s happened to most of us.) Your heart speeds up. Words that were there yesterday vanish. You reach for something — anything — and hope it’s right. If that sounds familiar, you weren’t unprepared. You were human. What Pressure Does to the Brain When we feel under pressure, the brain doesn’t prioritise conjugating verbs. It prioritises safety. Stress [...]