Introduction

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You experience a lot of stress in college. Even if you[Contact us at Center for Health Sciences and Counseling]deal with it by yourself,○Mon. – Fri. 9:00-17:00

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don't know what to do anymore,

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or do you have a mental problem? Many students areworried about this.
At that time, the Campus Life and Health Suppor tCenter conducts interviews
with doctors and counsellors and introduces them topeople with mental illness. However, when you go to aconsultation, you don't know what you're going to hear,or you don't know how to talk about your problem, soit's hard to go for a consultation. So, here are some
explanations for mental illness. If you have any items
that apply to your or your friends, please feel free tocontact the Campus Life and Health Support Center.
Even if it doesn't apply now, it might be useful in thefuture if you know. Please read it once by all means.

Center for Health Sciences and Counseling,Center Zone, Ito Campus
Ito Center Zone (1st floor, Center Zone 1) 092-802-5859
Center for Health Sciences and Counseling,
Ito Campus West Zone
Ito West Zone (3 rd floor, West Zone 3) 092-802-3297

SelfcareFor students

Mental and physical health 9Nerves andSelf-Reliance Training

Center for Health Sciences and Counseling,
Hospital Campus(1st floor, Building of Administrative
Offices of Research and Education) 092-642-6889
Center for Health Sciences and Counseling,
Chikushi Campus(old health science center) 092-583-7685
Center for Health Sciences and Counseling,
Ohashi Campus(2nd floor, Design Commons) 092-553-4581

Selfcare series for students[Student life][Mental and physical health]

1. Student counseling Q & A

1. Sleep disorder

2. How to make small talk

2. Headache

3. How to take tests andmake presentations

3. Anemia

4. How to not procrastinate
5. How to get over failures
6. How to deal with parents
during adolescent year

4. Intestinal issues
5. Adjustment disorder
6. Anxiety disorder andpanic disorder

7. How to control anger

7. Cause ofdepression

8. Transfer students

8. Symptoms of depression

9. How to manage yourschedule

9. Autonomic nerves andautogenic training

This pamphlet summarizes the information necessary for you

10. Friendship at the university

10.Relaxationencounter. Please refer to this pamphlet as needed.

11. Quit the university?

11. Health issues associatedwith smoking

12. For students that plan
to study abroad

12. Infectious diseases

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Illustration by Chiyo Inoue※Copyright Center for Health Sciences and Counseling, Kyushu University.

to manage the mental and physic al problems you may

Kyushu University
Center for Health Sciences and CounselingSelf-reliance nerves and self-reliance training methods
There are two kinds of nervous systems in the nervous system

symptoms called indefinite complaints such as headache,

distributed in thewhole body, that is, the peripheral nervous

insomnia, palpitations, diarrhoea, constipation and cough. It issystem. One is a nerve called the somatic nerve, which isimportant to try to live a regular life so that the autonomic nerve

connected to skeletal muscle, skin, controls movement andis not disturbed so that it is possible to work regularly to someperception. It is related to one's intention, consciousness and it

extent because it is not possible to train the independent nerve

is possible to control it to some extent. The other is the

directly by one's will like the muscle training and not to suffer

autonomic nerve, which is involved in controlling the functions

the adverse ef fects of stress as much as possible.

necessary for the maintenance of life, such as blood pressure,

Nevertheless, the relaxation method, called the autonomous

body temperature, breathing and gastrointestinal activity. To

training method, is useful as a method for indirectly training themaintain life 24 hours a day, it is working autonomously,autonomic nerve.

regardless of intention, even during sleep. The autonomic

The autonomous training method is practised in the procedure

nerve is further divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic,shown in Table 1. Close your eyes and recite the backgroundboth of which are in harmony with the changes in theirformula several times in your mind. If you practice three or four

activities. Roughly speaking, the sympathetic nerve works intimes a day in about five minutes, you will be practising yourthe direction of consuming energy and the parasympatheticarms on the other side and the legs on the other side. It is

acts in the direction where energy is accumulated. Normally,

important to practice with a vague eye on the feeling of yoursympathetic nerves are dominant during the day or when thearms and legs, rather than focusing on them. Once you

body is active, while parasympathetic nerves are dominant atunderstand the weight of both arms and feet, practice from thenight and rest. However, if your lifestyle becomes irregular or

right arm to both feet by paraphrasing "heavy" to "warm" in the

you are under intense stress, the harmony between the two willsame way. If we can master this autonomous training method,

be disturbed and sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves will

we know that not only c an autonomic ner vous system

always be dominant, causing high blood pressure and standing

stabilizes, but also fatigue, improve mental state, improvedisorder. Autonomic schizophrenia is a typical example of this.

productivity and achieve various effects. It is recommended

It exhibits symptoms following the control of the autonomic

that you practice patiently to maintain your health ahead of yournervous system that causes ataxia, but there are manylife.

Table 1. Practice procedures forautonomous training
1. keep in your posture and close one's eyes
2."I'mcalming down", he says several times in
his mind (background official)3."The right arm is heavy," he says several
times in his heart.
4.Open your eyes by performing erase
operation (opening and closinghands, arm
flexion, stretching, etc.)((1) to (4) repeated several times)

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