Tips for handling stress
- Add balance to life; don’t overdo studies or play.
- Know and accept what kind of person you are: strengths and weaknesses.
- Get a thorough physical exam.
- Take “time-outs,” especially during study.
- Expand your support network, reinforce friendships.
- Spend time with people who are not stressed.
- Discuss problems with friends, family, dean or counselor.
- Exercise! It relieves bodily tension and increases oxygen flow to your brain!
- Walk loosely and walk more.
- Learn and practice relaxation skills.
- Focus on immediate issues.
- Study each subject regularly for moderate periods of time.
- Credit yourself when things go right!
- Assume your challenges are all solvable
- Concentrate on your breathing – see below for deep breathing exercises
- Assume your troubles are temporary rather than permanent.
- Get a massage!
Attitude Is Everything
Attitude is important—it affects:
- How successful you are in achieving your academic and personal goals
- How you feel, mentally and physically
- How you look, what you say and what you do.
7 Easy Ways to Develop a Positive Attitude:
- Be confident.
- Be positive.
- Be punctual.
- Be patient: some things just take time to do.
- Believe in yourself: you are unique in this world, and so are your talents.
- Set goals for yourself: then WORK hard to achieve them.
- Get fun out of life: don’t take yourself too seriously.
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Positive Thinking :)
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Negative Thinking :(
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Planning Ahead
“I’ll make a schedule”
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Carelessness
“It doesn’t matter.”
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Willingness to learn
“I’ll ask for help.”
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Fatalism
“If it happens, it happens
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Alertness
“I’ll concentrate and pay attention.”
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Passiveness
“It’s not interesting.”
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Knowing your goals
“I want to improve.”
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Ignorance
“I don’t understand it.”
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Faith
“I’ll try my best.”
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Cynicism
“It’s not worth my time.”
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Willingness
“I’ll work on it now.”
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Laziness
“It’s too much trouble.”
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Adapted by Rachel Fleming ’00 from the pamphlet “Your Attitude and You” by Channing L. Bete Co., Inc.