Dealing with stress
IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO DEAL
WITH THE PRESSURES OF LIFE IF YOU MANAGE YOUR TIME, WORK, EMOTIONS
AND WEAKNESSES
Transition from school to
college brings a lot of changes in an individual's life. In the process
of managing the changes, the students get stressed. Stress is nothing
but your response to various stressors or the demands of life.
MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS
Life now demands you to take charge completely in terms of day-to-day functioning i.e., from waking up in the morning, completing your assignments, eating meals, and until you sleep. It is also expected that you manage your finances as you will be getting a fixed amount of money in which you need to budget for your books, notes, hostel, food and recreation.
Another very important demand is managing your relationships and your emotions. There are chances of your getting hurt in the process of managing relations, you need to learn to deal with it positively.
At the college level, the teachers expect you to work in teams, with a group of people whom you don't know or you may not like. So, it is expected that you learn to work with them. This will help develop negotiation skills which will gradually prepare you for jobs in your later years, enabling team building capabilities in you.
HANDLING STRESS
Abilities to manage time and work should be developed in such a way that you do not feel stressed and overburdened. Socialising in excess takes away a chunk of your significant time that can affect your studies drastically.This is when you experience stress. By the end of the course, it is expected that you achieve good academic performance.
Therefore, the reasons of stress in college may be summarised as:
Finances
Living away from your family
Home sickness
Feeling of isolation
Conflict in relationships
Academically high demands
Making new friends
Sharing a room
Unsure of life after graduation
SIGNS OF STRESS
Sadness
Anxiety
Insomnia
Fatigue
Sleeping for longer hours
Loss of appetite
Aches or pains headaches, backache
Digestive problems
Loss of interest in the activities you used to enjoy earlier
Loss of energy
Problems in concentration
Pessimistic behaviour
HOW TO REDUCE STRESS WHILE YOU ARE IN COLLEGE
Attend classes even if it's not interesting
Try to meet the requirement of the course. Spend extra hours in studying
Get involved in extracurricular activities in college
Interact with your family regularly Don't be in hurry to solve the problems. Relax and think about the solutions.
Share problems with a person you think can help you (teacher, counsellor, neighbour or a professional). Do not dump your anxieties on your close friends
Take help from people if you are not able to solve your problems. Remember you are not a super human being
Organise your mind Keep yourself busy in activities that interest you
Exercise
Watch a comic movie or a video
Work on understanding the concepts rather than focusing on excelling or competing with others
Compete with yourself.
Know your potential and weaknesses and focus on these
By :Sujata Gupta Kedar tpb (The author is an educator)
Source : Jun 26 2017
:
The Times of India
(NaviMumbai)
Life now demands you to take charge completely in terms of day-to-day functioning i.e., from waking up in the morning, completing your assignments, eating meals, and until you sleep. It is also expected that you manage your finances as you will be getting a fixed amount of money in which you need to budget for your books, notes, hostel, food and recreation.
Another very important demand is managing your relationships and your emotions. There are chances of your getting hurt in the process of managing relations, you need to learn to deal with it positively.
At the college level, the teachers expect you to work in teams, with a group of people whom you don't know or you may not like. So, it is expected that you learn to work with them. This will help develop negotiation skills which will gradually prepare you for jobs in your later years, enabling team building capabilities in you.
HANDLING STRESS
Abilities to manage time and work should be developed in such a way that you do not feel stressed and overburdened. Socialising in excess takes away a chunk of your significant time that can affect your studies drastically.This is when you experience stress. By the end of the course, it is expected that you achieve good academic performance.
Therefore, the reasons of stress in college may be summarised as:
Finances
Living away from your family
Home sickness
Feeling of isolation
Conflict in relationships
Academically high demands
Making new friends
Sharing a room
Unsure of life after graduation
SIGNS OF STRESS
Sadness
Anxiety
Insomnia
Fatigue
Sleeping for longer hours
Loss of appetite
Aches or pains headaches, backache
Digestive problems
Loss of interest in the activities you used to enjoy earlier
Loss of energy
Problems in concentration
Pessimistic behaviour
HOW TO REDUCE STRESS WHILE YOU ARE IN COLLEGE
Attend classes even if it's not interesting
Try to meet the requirement of the course. Spend extra hours in studying
Get involved in extracurricular activities in college
Interact with your family regularly Don't be in hurry to solve the problems. Relax and think about the solutions.
Share problems with a person you think can help you (teacher, counsellor, neighbour or a professional). Do not dump your anxieties on your close friends
Take help from people if you are not able to solve your problems. Remember you are not a super human being
Organise your mind Keep yourself busy in activities that interest you
Exercise
Watch a comic movie or a video
Work on understanding the concepts rather than focusing on excelling or competing with others
Compete with yourself.
Know your potential and weaknesses and focus on these
By :Sujata Gupta Kedar tpb (The author is an educator)
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