My experience was also a weird one. In the break between finishing exams and ATAR release, I wasn't too stressed - I was working heaps, which helped, and I just sort of enjoyed not having any stress. Got nervous in the days leading up to it, though, I think more just because I wanted to know my score already.
There was the whole text scandal last year where for a period of like two hours, if you texted the number subscribing to the SMS results service, you'd get your results sent to you. I think I found out about it by seeing a post on VCE Discussion Space on Facebook. Figured that it was legit after talking to a few friends about it. So I proceeded to sit there, with my phone in my hands, wondering whether I should send a text. On one hand, I really wanted to know my results, and on the other, I wanted to find out on the website and wasn't sure that they'd be legit scores.
So, I ended up not sending the text and decided to wait. Fast forward to release day, and I woke up about 6:50am. Hadn't had the best sleep - was pretty nervous. Started doubting myself, told myself that I hadn't put in enough work or come out of my exams confident enough. Ended up worrying whether I'd even crack the 80s hahaha.
I went on to the website about 6:55am, saw that I could actually log in, and the website wasn't being super slow (which was what I had expected). So, I logged in, and saw my study scores.
Wow. Was really happy with them. But didn't really figure out what ATAR they would translate to. Figured "okay, sweet, that should get me into the 90s!", then clicked on the "see my ATAR". Wow. I was blown away. Way higher than anything I expected. Started shaking and crying happy tears haha. Messaged my friends and sat in bed letting it sink in. Time got to ~7:10am, and was like "...cool, so, that was a bit anti-climactic", so I went back to sleep.
Woke up about 10am, chilled in bed, then mum decided she couldn't handle the suspense anymore and barged into my room wanting to know my results because the school had called and asked if it was okay to put my photo in the newspaper and all that stuff. I was still pretty lost for words, so just showed her the website. I think she said something like "wow, that's amazing, congratulations" and that was about it. Was kinda expecting a present or something because I'd just gotten the highest ATAR in the family (and was the youngest) and was hoping that would warrant a bit of recognition. Was disappointed. Dad delivered, though, and got me some chocolates on his way home from work.
The rest of my day was pretty chilled, though. I had an ATAR high enough to get into my first preference, so wasn't too stressed.