<p>I find that my time in college has truly tested my abilities in handling stress. It might be the transition phase that is really hurting my spirit, but overall, it was been quite an unexpected, rude awakening. I think I should I vent my stress via exercise, which I have not really done since summer term. How do you manage the inevitable stress?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>through vices</p>
<p>Cry, eat a lot, sleep, study. Then repeat. </p>
<p>I might replace “sleep” with jogging or walking around campus to clear my head because (1) I did it the first time the other day when I was so stressed out and felt so much better (2) I need to burn off all the junk I munched on when I was feeling depressed.</p>
<p>The crying part seems rather attractive. I might try that…</p>
<p>College is actually pretty unstressful.</p>
<p>I know it’s a big adjustment period, so it’s natural to feel overwhelmed. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, life after college is much more stressful, so enjoy it all now…it doesn’t get any easier.</p>
<p>Exercise is best. On weekends, reward yourself with a party, bar, whatever you enjoy doing in your down time.</p>
<p>Regular exercise during the week, parties on the weekends, and getting a long solid night of sleep every once in a while.</p>
<p>play pokemon</p>
<p>Fart your brains out.</p>
<p>Haha jk. Lift weights. Or play tennis and take your anger out on the little fuzzy green ball</p>
<p>lifting weights is for squares</p>
<p>write, leave every weekend</p>
<p>Ingore everything until the last minute…</p>
<p>Look for everyway possible to get around said thing that is stressing me out so much…</p>
<p>Listen to depressing music</p>
<p>Write if I have ideas</p>
<p>Complain to everyone I know</p>
<p>Feel sorry for myself and sleep for awhile</p>
<p>Finally sit down and get stuff done, usually while watching TV to keep me from going crazy</p>
<p>Walking definitely helps! My campus and college town are great for walking, so most of the semester I’ve just gone off and taken half hour walks or so every day. Good for your mind- and exercise.</p>
<p>Dealing with stress is part of college 101. Exercise and walking definitely is a great idea because it’s healthy and at least you’re doing something productive. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that a lot of anxiety and stress in college usually isn’t worth it. It’s just us being overly paranoid about stuff that turns out to not be as hard as we thought. So just take a deep breath, walk away from the issue for awhile, and then try again later. </p>
<p>And adjusting to college definitely gets easier!</p>
<p>I totally disagree with Bigeastbeast. My senior year of college was one of the most stressful of my life. I was taking a huge class load and on top of that working and on top of that I’m a procrastinator. That whole year I fantasized about how great life would be when I graduated and could just get a day job and not have to worry about studying all of the time.</p>
<p>And for the most part that’s how it’s been. I leave my work for designated hours and then relax. Maybe that would be one way for you to go about it. Try and get your studying done during the day and then you’ll know you have the rest of the time to relax.</p>
<p>I think your true level of stress depends on what you choose to do as an undergraduate…when you have 2 jobs (30+ hours/week), 5 classes, and want to have a social life I think you can definitely be super-stressed out even more than when you are in the “real world”…one reason why I can’t wait to be done with school (not the social part but the academic part). </p>
<p>To deal with stress, I sleep in and skip (unnecessary) classes, party/ignore my responsibilities completely on the weekends, listen to Taylor Swift/dirty rap/electropop music constantly, and catch up with my favorite TV show episodes. I don’t exercise really, but I walk a lot…I should probably work on that next.</p>
<p>I personally dealt with the stress by manning the **** up.</p>
<p>You should try it.</p>
<p>Oh, also by lifting heavy and taking my multi.</p>
<p>Now good luck with your goals in 2009.</p>
<p>"Now good luck with your goals in 2009. "</p>
<p>A time traveler!</p>