Oct 29 2009
Gold Coast Tire & Auto Free Tips on Stress Relaxation
Free Tips on Stress Relaxation Techniques For College Students
By Sonia Gallagher
Article placed by Gold Coast Tire & Auto
In my own experience while a college student, I know the importance of stress management for college students. Learning stress relaxation techniques and stress reduction techniques is so important, I wish that I had been able to take a class on it while I was in school. Unfortunately, my college as so many other colleges, did not give that class. It’s a real shame because taking a class like that would have helped me to have better ways of coping with stress.
My first year of college really was a challenge in many ways. I spent too many nights up late studying. That of course, resulted in problems focusing the next day because I was so tired! Due to the lack of sleep, my brain wasn’t connecting as well as it usually does. My health was suffering from late nights, little sleep, extracurricular activities, and working almost full time.
For many students, all these responsibilities can pile up quickly and can be extremely overwhelming; they just have no idea how to go about coping with stress. Some people decide to deal with that sense of stress by drinking and partying, others by just sleeping more, and others by meditating to center themselves. Drinking and partying while entertaining can also be extremely self-destructive; especially when done as an avoidance mechanism to not have to deal with the reality of college life and its responsibilities. (This is why learning relaxation techniques for stress is so important for you).
Eventually, the partying and sleeping is not enough to numb the stress and you can fall into a severe depression. Doing these things will definitely not help you feel at peace with yourself. It will actually lower your self-esteem because you will know deep down that you are not happy with what you are doing and are not able to take control over the situation you are facing. This affects not only your relationship with yourself but also your relationship with your family and friends.
In college, I had to learn a new life-style without any real preparation. Yes, my parents instilled in me my values and gave me as much advice as they could. I just wished there was some sort of guide that would have made things easier! I had to make a decision and change some of my priorities to be able to survive the remaining years of college.
Luckily for me, I had a new roommate in my sophomore year whom I one day watched meditate. She seemed to be able to get through life like it was a breeze. She didn’t seem faced by exams and deadlines for projects. It was amazing.
I began to ask her questions out of curiosity and she taught me how to meditate. Sure I thought it was silly and weird at first but after I got through my first week of meditating, I could see such a huge difference in my ability to study. Before I knew it, my test scores were increasing, I was happier, I felt calm and in control, and was actually able to balance my work, college, and love life.
It is important that I share my experience with others because learning meditation might be your saving grace as it was my own. Taking just a few minutes a day to meditate and breathe with inner peace can transform you into being even more successful than you already are.
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