Stress is a part of everyone s life. Stressors can range from an upcoming test to the crises that our campus community has faced in the past couple of weeks. A moderate amount of stress fosters creativity, motivation, and change. Too much stress gets in the way and can become so overwhelming that your body shuts down.
College students have to juggle a variety of roles and deal with many issues at the same time.
Due to the freedom and temptations of college life, it is easy to let stress to become unmanageable. These symptoms of stress can also be the causes of stress, making it difficult at time to identify your main sources of anxiety. Now is the time of the semester when many students, faculty, and staff become increasingly anxious. One of the first steps in managing stress is to identify, early on, when you are feeling anxious. Irritability, forgetfulness, lack of motivation, lack of concentration, procrastination, or difficulty waking up in the morning may be signs of stress.