How To Combat Anxiety Among Students Is The Workings Of Applied Positive Psychology

By Gregory Myers


These days, there are so many reasons as to why people are struggling with health issues. Whether this is physical or mental. Reasons can range from social media to crime and much more. The sad part about this all is that it strongly affects the youth, and as students, their main priority should be education. So it's clear why the need for applied positive psychology is dire.

If you are a student in college, there are a few things that you can do to help ease certain issues. The main one being anxiety. A common habit that the youth have is to eat at unbalanced periods. Because exam and assignment deadlines are becoming a bit much, they tend to rather nibble on whatever is in-front of them instead of eating a full and healthy meal. By changing what you consume, you will immediately see a change in how you feel.

Social media is the biggest attraction and these days, if you don't have it, it is easy to look down on you. The internet allows for many access points and for students specifically, you can study and also keep in touch with everyone at the same time. The downfall to this is that when you spend too much time on it, you can easily become zombie-like and depending on what you see online, you can easily start to feel a sense of depression.

If you start to feel paranoid, more than usual, don't get too worried. This usually comes along with feeling anxious. As much as this may seem difficult, the only way that you will be able to get over that feeling is to just do the task that you are afraid to do. When this is done, you will immediately feel better.

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.

If all else fails, you can always visit your doctor for an assessment. Once this step has taken place and it is conformed that you suffer from anxiety, he or she will then recommend a therapist to you who you would need to book an appointment with. The therapist is the one who would prescribe medication to you which is mean to calm you down. This is mainly for extreme cases.

Sometimes, it may feel as though it is an extreme case but it really isn't. It is important to follow the basic steps first and if they work, it means that you can control it. Try this before heading to the GP.

It is not always recommended to be on medication and your therapist will also tell you this. Sometimes, you just need to accept it and once this is done, you will find ways to beat it. A good note to remember is that such conditions is not a way of life and there is always a way to solve it.




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