How to Deal with Stress as a Student
Being a student is supposed to be fun: you’re in the prime of your life and you have the world at your fingertips. But the truth is that being a student is also very stressful: you’ve got assignments to complete and deadlines to hit combined with the pressure of planning your future. Statistics are proving this to be true with a survey by the American College Health Association reporting that 57 per cent of students questioned had felt ‘overwhelmed with anxiety’.
We all know that stress isn’t good when experienced in excess. It can affect our emotional and physical health causing symptoms such as a short temper or increased agitation, tension headaches and changes to eating and sleeping habits. However, it’s not all bad news. Here are a few simple stress-reduction strategies which can help you to manage stress and gain control of the situation.
We all know that stress isn’t good when experienced in excess. It can affect our emotional and physical health causing symptoms such as a short temper or increased agitation, tension headaches and changes to eating and sleeping habits. However, it’s not all bad news. Here are a few simple stress-reduction strategies which can help you to manage stress and gain control of the situation.