Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Student Anxiety Can Be Alleviated With Applied Positive Psychology

By Gregory Myers


It is easy to see that the future of our country lies in the hands of the youth. However, this can be hard to accept when you find out that so many students are spending their time stressing unnecessarily, and bringing about anxiety. The time they spend in college is meant to be a joyful experience and not one that is filled with sorrow. Help in the form of applied positive psychology becomes a survival necessity.

Have you ever found that after you ate something, you immediately shut down? Perhaps you became either sick or lethargic? The types of foods that you eat need to be aligned with what your body wants. When you consume stuff that is rejected by your body, you will immediately feel terrible, and this physical feeling affects your emotional state also. This is why you need to ensure that you eat healthily so that you are always feeling your best.

The one thing that is unable to control is the amount of time that one spends on social media. And because this has become a way of life, it is difficult to distinguish when is a good time to be on your device and when there isn't since this is what you use to research and do assignments. A good tip would be to allocate time for research and then separate time for being social. This way, your mind will be focused.

The tendency is that if you feel anxious, you will question everything that you need to do. It is a sense of paranoia that takes over your mind and body. The best way to combat this is to just go ahead and do it. You will find that you immediately feel a sense of relief. And once it is over, there was no reason to stress in the first place.

Breathing exercises are common to find among people who are paranoid or anxious all the time. This action helps you to feel better and keep it together at times when you feel overwhelmed. If you go to college, you will easily find other groups that practise the same art closer to exams or deadlines. If your institute has a medical section or a therapist on site, you may want to also ask them for advice.

As a last resort, you can always visit your GP to tell them what you are feeling and have them diagnose you. In this case, you will probably be given the name of a psychiatrist that you can see. From here, he or she will talk you through what you are feeling and you will eventually have to go onto medication.

The aim is that as young people shouldn't be on medication. The point of being in college is to study and spend less time worrying over mental issues. This is why you need to try as hard as possible to explore other methods so that you can say that you have tried and as a last resort, see a doctor.

Unfortunately, this is not something that you can control from the start. Once you start stressing, you can easily bring it to life. The important part is how you handle it once you recognize the problem.




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