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Stress Management in Young Adults

The document discusses stress management techniques for college students. It defines stress as the body's response to demands and threats, and notes that college students often feel stress from managing multiple responsibilities and worrying about the future. Common stressors for college students are academic pressures like tests and emotional issues. Left unresolved, chronic stress can negatively impact the immune system, cardiovascular health, and cause headaches and fatigue. The document recommends exercise, sleep, and counseling as stress management techniques, noting that exercise can improve mood and productivity while sufficient sleep reduces stress levels.

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Stress Management in Young Adults

The document discusses stress management techniques for college students. It defines stress as the body's response to demands and threats, and notes that college students often feel stress from managing multiple responsibilities and worrying about the future. Common stressors for college students are academic pressures like tests and emotional issues. Left unresolved, chronic stress can negatively impact the immune system, cardiovascular health, and cause headaches and fatigue. The document recommends exercise, sleep, and counseling as stress management techniques, noting that exercise can improve mood and productivity while sufficient sleep reduces stress levels.

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Stress Management in College Students

SDV 100 (E56W) -


College Success Skills
What is Stress?
● Stress is your body’s way of responding to any
kind of demand or threat. When you sense
danger the body’s defence kick into high gear
in a rapid, automatic response known as “fight
or flight” or “stress response”.
● College students often feel more stress than
people in other fields of life because they are
trying to manage a bunch of different stuff and
worrying about the future at the same time.
● Stress is also often related to the feeling of
being ‘overwhelmed’.
Symptoms
● College students tend to get stressed
out frequently in today’s demanding
world so there body exists in a
heightened state of stress all the time.
● Stress contrary to the popular belief,
can normally be seen physically in the
form of hair loss, headaches and stiff
muscles.
● Stress also makes you vulnerable to
other mental illnesses such as anxiety
and depression.
Stressors
● An activity, event or other stimulus that causes
stress is called a stressor.
● Stressors can be physical like an upcoming test
or an emotional breakup or they can be
emotional.
● Most of the stressors for college students are
emotional like expectations of loved ones, wrong
assumptions people have about you, fear of the
future, pondering if you choose the correct
career path, financial problems, family problems,
repetitive thought patterns and unrealistic
demands for yourself. These are all examples of
emotional stressors.
Effect of Chronic Stress:
● Unresolved and persistent stress can cause unhealthy
effects.
● Chronic stress disrupts almost every system in your body.

Some of the most negative effects of chronic stress are as


follows:

1. Weakened immune system


2. Gastrointestinal problems such as ulcers, diarrhea and
constipation.
3. Increased blood pressure leads to high risk of stroke.
4. Muscle pain and backaches
5. More frequent headaches and fatigue
6. Insomnia
Stress Management Technique 1:
Exercise.

● Regular exercise can serve as a distraction


from worrying and break the cycle of negative
thoughts that feed stress.
● Exercise helps you feel more energetic and
focused so you are more productive later.
● Rhythmic exercises are particularly beneficial.
These include running, swimming and cycling.
● Moreover, exercise exerts your body which
helps you sleep better.
Stress Management Technique 2:
Sleep.

● Feeling tired gets you to feeling more stress than before which results in thinking irrationally.
● Cutting down on caffeinated drinks can also help you relax. Coffee is known to increase your
stress related symptoms which will lead to anxiety and nervousness.
Stress Management Technique 3:
Get counseling.

Sometimes we can’t help but feeling


stressed. If it is seriously disrupting your
life and studies, there is no shame is
asking for help.

College counselors and health


professionals will guide you into
managing your stress and not feeling
overwhelmed as a result.
REFERENCES
● Watchwellcast. (May 24, 2013). Stress Management Strategies: Ways to Unwind.
Youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fL-pn80s-c
● College Success. 10.5 Stress. Libraries.
https://open.lib.umn.edu/collegesuccess/chapter/10-5-stress/
● Jeanne Segal, PhD. (May, 2020). Stress symptoms, signs and causes.
HelpGuide.org.
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/stress-symptoms-signs-and-cause
s.htm#
● College Stress. The Learning Center.
https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/managing-college-stress/

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