How can I deal with stress and mental exhaustion?

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Okay, so the first half of my school day went fine.

Then I had chemistry, which I zoned out in and missed out on a whole task. Next was Religious Studies, and first off I went to the wrong room to start with and arrived at the lesson ten minutes late.
But then it got even worse in Italian, where I understood none of what the words meant and couldn't remember a thing. I also zoned out a lot and missed out on every task we were meant to do. I didn't hear what we were supposed to do and I couldn't do it either. I had tears in my eyes the whole lesson because it was so stressful.
The teacher then asked me for my homework. I forgot that I had the homework, even though I wrote it down. I was so upset and stressed that I threw my pen across the room. She looked at me very strangely, but said nothing. She told me to hand it in next lesson, but then she said "see me after class", so I did. She said this:

"I feel like you aren't trying at all in my class and you need to work harder next time."

I now feel completely exhausted and angry and upset and I don't know how to deal with this.

I am not diagnosed with Aspergers/HFA, but I feel strongly that I am.
I do have poor working memory and visual processing difficulties which the school is aware of as they tested me for learning disabilities.

I do conscious breathing exercises, (you can do that anywhere!)
sportive walk
and last but not least: sleep.

I'm sorry I don't know any suggestions because I struggle with the same thing. : (


---"I feel like you aren't trying at all in my class and you need to work harder next time."

Comments like this though piss me off. Sure there are people who don't try hard and such but that isn't everybody. You are not to blame you can't control it it is depressing to deal with it but view it just as a struggle not as a reflection on you.
I always did my best and put my time into school, it usually resulted in me performing well. In high school in failed a bit but I shrugged it off and went to college. College was a total failure and I blamed myself and it destroyed my mental health for years.

The breathing exercises will help you depending on the severity of the stress. Although I do the breathing exercises irregularly, they will help you keep calm.