Yes, my stress often times does come down to my excellent ability to procrastinate. For example, last night I had a homework assignment due at midnight. I started at 11:30 pm and finished at 11:55 pm.
But, it's not just school that stresses me out. There always tons of other distractions. I think that within the first few years after high school, everyone realizes that life is complicated.
And it's not going to stop after college. We talk about students being stressed, but fail to realize that life always has the potential to be stressful. When it's not school, it's going to be a job.
College students are stressed. Really, they are. They can't eat, they can't sleep, they have trouble concentrating and are sometimes irritable. An Associated Press and mtvU survey found that four in 10 students say they often feel stressd. Almost one in five said they feel stressed all the time. One in five has been too stressed to complete schoolwork or be with friends. Twenty percent also contemplated dropping out of school.
The study also goes into percentage of students with a mental health disorder (13 percent) and whether they stick to their treatment plan (about two-thirds).
On the upside, six in 10 reported that they are usually hopeful and are enjoying life.
One of the students quoted summed it up best:
"Everything is being piled on at once," said Chris Curran, a junior at the Albany College of Pharmacy in Albany, N.Y. He said he has learned to cope better since starting school. "You just get really agitated and anxious. Then you start procrastinating, and it all piles up."
Most of my stress came down to poor time management, too.
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But, it's not just school that stresses me out. There always tons of other distractions. I think that within the first few years after high school, everyone realizes that life is complicated.
And it's not going to stop after college. We talk about students being stressed, but fail to realize that life always has the potential to be stressful. When it's not school, it's going to be a job.