With the increasing competitiveness of college admissions, more and more students are arriving on campus stressed out.
This is a bad place to start, as one’s college years are rarely stress-free. College is the first time in many students’ lives in which most of their decisions—from courses to meals to snooze-bar taps—will be made without supervision. While this might sound like heaven, many students feel unsettled (i.e., stressed) until they can figure out what works for them.
Additionally, economic issues are big stressors on campus right now. To make ends meet, more and more college students are managing a demanding job on top of their studies. Many others are worried whether they will be able to find any work after college.
For the reasons above, it is not surprising that the emotional health of college students is at an all-time low. To address this situation, the Campus Overload blog recently provided five facts that every college student should know about school-related stress. According to Campus Overload, students can better manage their stress if they know more about it.
Here are the five facts:
- Stress can make smart people do stupid things.
- The human body doesn’t discriminate between a big stressful event and a little one.
- Stress can become your new norm.
- Stress can be controlled.
- You will stress less if you love what you study.
Click here to read more about each one.