By: Charlie Holder
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Eight of every ten college students experience frequent bouts of stress and Razorback students are no exception.
Several students of every major said that their main stressor of this semester is one of their classes.
“My biggest stressor this semester is data analysis” said business major Braden King. While he finds stress in his classes, he said that one way he finds stress relief is through listening to music.
“The way I relieve stress is working through the class curriculum with my friends,” said business student Olivia Smith.
While these students are able to find stress relief in their own way, there are stress management resources on campus. The Pat Walker Health Center’s Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, provides individual counseling and various group therapy options.
From anxiety and depression workshops to destressing yoga classes with CAPS each happening once a week, the University of Arkansas has made mental health services readily available to students, faculty and staff.
“One of the biggest stressors I have is managing my study time for anatomy specifically, and I find stress relief by doing yoga and running,” said one pre-nursing student.
While on campus mental health resources are available, there are ways that students can destress on their own. Being active, eating healthier and taking a day just for you are good ways to find peace.
If those don’t work for you, one clinical psychologist said to focus on what you can control and what stress you can control, you should label it. For example, the students in the library said that most of their stress is school induced. Describing stress and identifying it is the first step to controlling it.
Business student Tori, said “my biggest stress factor is finite, and I relieve my stress by giving myself two hours at the end of the night to myself, I usually use that time to catch up on the Bachelor.”
Each student struggles with different stresses, but all of them find ways to unwind.
Sophia Crtio, a business honors freshman with a concentration in economics and a political science major said that she stresses about her future in school.
“My biggest stressor is whether or not I’m going to graduate early because that plays in to when I do my thesis for honors, when will I study abroad, will I go to law school, they all revolve around each other, so all of that has been on my mind,” Crtio said. She said the way she finds stress relief is preparing, “I find stress relief in planning, honestly. I’ve been sitting here figuring it all out because after this semester, I’ll technically have enough hours to be a junior. So just planning it, and figuring out what I have to do helps me feel prepared.”
If you’re struggling with stress, you’re not alone. For mental health help, visit the Pat Walker Health Center.