How students can reduce stress
Stress
changes your natural balance. The stress has both negative and positive
features. The one that leads to place high expectation on yourself and other
leads to poor grades in your academic career.
There
are many occasions when stress can be helpful. For example, when a fire alarm
rang then it causes stress that alerts you to read in order to avoid danger.
The stress of submitting a project or assignment on a deadline can help to
motivate you to complete assignment before the date of submission. However,
when students feel stress in excess. It can have negative effects. It can harm
physical and emotional health. It may also limit the ability to function at
school or home and within relationships. However, we can manage stress by
practicing and learning some strategies to reduce stress.
In order
to manage negative stress a healthy and feeling of control is essential in your
schedule. Learning how to accomplish your goals, manage your responsibilities
and still have time for relaxation and rest requires the time management
skills.
Specifying
some goals for yourself to achieve will help to reduce stress and improve your
mood. Students should avoid procrastination. They should not place their
responsibilities and assignments until the last minute because it will create
more physical and mental stress. Procrastination may affect the quality of your
work, your mood, quality of your sleep and many other aspects of daily life.
Regular exercise
is very necessary to feel fresh and reduce stress. Physical activities can help
to burn off the energy that is generated by stress. Moreover, you should
practice good sleep habits in order to ensure that you have rested well. Sleep
deficiency can cause many mental and physical problems that may increase
stress.
Try to
reduce the intake of alcohols such as caffeine that may uplift the stress. Try
to stride yourself all over the day. You should take breaks from structured
activities and other works such as writing assignments, making projects and
other social activities. During breaks
from studying, class spends time listening music, walking out the door, chat
with friends to calm and clear your mind.
Many
students are seen to find journaling in order to help them manage stress,
making decisions, changing their lives and understanding emotions. Set accurate
prospects for others and yourself. In order to break up schedule you should
sometime plan a holiday. Identify the roles that your own thoughts can play in
causing and increasing your stress. You should challenge the negative
situations and beliefs that you hold about yourself that may not be correct.
Such as you may think that, you do not have enough
abilities to complete a task or accomplish an objective.
You
should find any humour in life. Laughter is the way to reduce the tension. Seek
the support of family and friends that you may need to escape from the
situations that brings the stressful feelings. Make sure that you do not focus
on the negative experiences. You should think about your achievement in the
past. Try to share those achievements and experiences.
You
should try to set a particular goal for yourself that will help to boost or
improve your mood and reduce stress.