7 Amazing ways you don’t know on how you can handle stress at the University: Number 4 will shock you.
“Why do you
look like this, Emmanuel? I mean why does your face look like this? You don’t
seem to be having enough sleep. Don’t tell me you have been going for Night
classes without taking some break for yourself.” a friend asked me after a
lecture.
You looked
so lean. Wow, what happened to you? Don’t you take enough food, don’t you have
enough sleep? Another friend also asked.
I began to
ponder on the questions I had been asked and thought to check myself. Looking
through my selfie camera, was a pale and dull face with two layers of eye bags,
and eyes looking like someone that have suffered a lot in life, lol.
All those
happened when I was in Medical school, when I newly entered the system. I would
stress so much about academic work without having to look for myself. I later
took some thought on how I could change and get better.
I sought for
information on how I could learn to take on my academic work without having endangered
my health and well being.
You might be
wondering,
- · Why do you experience stress at the university
- How can you handle and deal with stress in the university
- What do you need to know about the university life?
These are
very amazing questions to which this article I’m giving you is about to answer.
Just stay tuned and enjoy reading.
Why do you
Experience stress at the university?
The
University can be a very funny way of stressing someone’s life out. If time is
not taken, your health can be seriously endangered.
I could
remember staying off campus at my first year. My place of residence was so far
from the school and that trekking my lecture halls seemed like working out.
After
classes each day, while others were going to hostels which were close by, I
would be engaging on my workout training session. There are just some
situations we can’t help. I had to continue like that. I was so stressed.
Have I
talked about the lectures stress? Oh, you don’t know. Lectures were tough. In
my School, we were always over populated. A lecture meant to hold by 2pm for
instance will be full with students by 1pm.
And the struggle for seat? It was
something else. Lack of orderliness caused us to struggle so much as all of us
would like to get in immediately. If you don’t take time, your fancy Rolex
watch will just scatter and fall off your hands.lol.
The deal was
that, it was the system, you can’t just help it. It became a norm in our school
to always struggle for lectures. Although conditions differ in different
universities but there’s always a similarity in the stress amongst Nigerian
Schools.
What about
the change of locations? If you don’t know, know it now. You often become a
wanderer, lol. Having four lectures at different locations is enough to
frustrate your day. The locations I’m talking about doesn’t mean the small
distance you take across your house to your neighbors’, I am talking about far
distance in the university setting.
If you didn’t
know how to trek, Sorry is the case. It is inevitable. I often tell myself I
don’t need workout cause, the natural system of trekking to school every day is
already doing the job.
To conclude,
University will stress your life out. But it’s your choice, you can choose to
follow some certain things that will help you live better and healthier and
that is what I will give you in this article. It’s your choice to get stressed
by the university or follow the tips and become ever happy and better.
How can you
handle and deal with stress at the university
Please I
would like to inform you earlier, that this would be long, but you will have to
read them.
I am going
to group the ways you can handle stress into differ3ent groups for better
comprehension. If you’re reading this, then you’re lucky, because this took me
years to know!
1. DIET
Okay, the
very first area is your diet. You know why? Because your body is the main
thing, you will need to eat healthy and follow this tip;
Ø Eat Breakfast: Most students these days tend to neglect their breakfast
due to an early morning lecture and in the so cause regret it later on. You
should start your day off right with a good meal. Your breakfast is very
important, unless you’re fasting, lol. Whether you are rolling out of bed at 12
or crack of dawn, make sure to start your day with a healthy meal.
Ø Vary your meals: cooking beans which would last 3 days was what I did one
time. Lol, can you believe what happened? I ate that beans for 7 good times in
three days. Lol. But it wasn’t good. Changing up your diet from day to day is a
very important part of good nutrition. Don’t be like me. Hence, take advantages
of the varieties of selections available to you in the canteen your when you
cook.
Ø Drink Clean water: “I have been drinking it and nothing has happened to me”,
my lodge mate said. There was some kind of water we got which was cheaper but
very not ideal to drink. I joined him too, but later started seeing effects,
you might not know. Drink enough clean water that can boost your concentration
as well as keep you from overheating.
Ø Try to eat fruits and vegetables: You heard what I said? Try.lol. It’s
not every time you buy those buns and snacks. Try sometimes to buy fruits and
vegetables and also try to incorporate at least a few of them into your diet
each day.
Ø Take Vitamins: If you feel you are not getting enough nutrients and
vitamins, try taking some vitamins. There are varieties of nice multi vitamins
that you can take. You could go to a pharmacist and just take some vitamin c
tablets or just any one.
Ø Indulge in your favorite food once in a while: if it’s that special jollof rice
with some fried chicken that’s your favorite, try cooking them once in a while
and enjoy yourself. You can’t cook? Not a problem, I can’t even cook that to my
taste too, lol. There are various canteens in your school, you could go there
and eat, or maybe bring a friend to share good moments.
Ø Limit the amount of Junk food you take in: if it’s not gala, then it’ll be
pepper buns or sharwarma and a drink, the usual norms most of students these
days take. It’s easily available of you have money and you don’t have to stress
cooking right? But no, it is not good. I know sometimes, you can be late for
class, and you will need to put something in that belly, but yet, don’t too much
rely on junk and fast foods.
Ø Drink responsibly: if you are the type that drinks, drink with sense. It’s not
because of a girl you should start taking different rounds. It is not good.
Drink in moderation and have a good time without hurting your good health.
2. Exercise
Exercise
cannot be neglected. You cannot just keep accumulating weight without doing anything;
you will need to work out. Well, if you were like me, trekking very far
distances, and you think you don’t need exercise? Bad news, you need them too,
lol.
Ø Play a sport: playing a sport could be a very good means of exercise. You
could join a sport team. Anything at all, maybe basketball, volleyball, or
football. My challenge back then was that I wasn’t too good at football in my
class football team medventus but I
played anyway, exercise matters.
Ø Trek to Class: Okay, you have car, we know. But that doesn’t mean you
should ride them every time to classes. Sometimes, you need to trek to school.
Walking And trekking gives you a chance to stretch your hands and legs, burn
some calories and relax. Well if you are slim like me, if you have car, use it
to avoid trekking to school, what are you trying to lose, your life?
Ø Visit the gym some times: Visiting the gym can be a very great way of relaxing and
having an edge over that anxiety. Most schools have gym facilities where you
can go to and work out. Although some are not free, as some charge a fee, it
doesn’t matter, it will be worth it. Apart from working out, there are also
amazing views you can have there, that helps relax human being mind. Lol.
Ø Cycle to school: instead of taking some taxi, shuttle or car, you can
actually cycle your bicycle to school. It’s a form of exercise which is very
beneficial to the health.
3. Sleep
University
students and going to bed early are like white and black; opposites. Sometimes
you form the habit of always staying awake throughout the night reading or gisting.
But you don’t know that sleep is integral part of staying healthy. Check these
tips and help your life;
Ø Take some nap: you don’t have to stress through all your day. Even though its
1 hour nap, it can change a lot. It helps you relax and calm down after stress
from lectures. Just make sure you don’t nap to close to bedtime or too long,
just nap oh, it’s not some sleeping competition. Lol.
Ø Get a full night sleep whenever it is possible: Okay, you need to read, because
exams are coming, we have heard you. But what were you doing all through the
semester? You don’t need to stress yourself too much. Not having a good night
sleep makes you unhealthy. Stick to your schedule and don’t over work.
Ø Just know the fact that not lack of sleep can impact you big
time: lack of sleep
doesn’t just make your day half useless, it b also reduces the ability to
concentrate and to perform well in class. Oh, you would need to have seen my
face back then. I had two layers of eye bags, and face looking like someone
that is unfortunate. Reduce how you neglect your sleep and help yourself.
Ø Follow a set plan: If you have a schedule of things to do, that will be very
nice. It helps moderate you and not make you over do. Sometimes you might feel
you can over play and gist when semester is in section and when its exam,
finish a whole course under 4 hours. Yeah, you can do it, right? Cause you are
Einstein? Lol. You need to set plans that will moderate you and follow them.
Ø Tell your roommates your bedtime and follow it: Okay,
sometimes you can have this kind of roommate who is so interesting and always
have gist for you. That’s what you’ll normally like, your specialty; gist and amebo, but you should seek to work out
a bedtime with your roommate and make them understand that you need to sleep
early. Try cutting out some interesting gist and get to bed.
Ø Avoid All nighters and night classes: You might be
feeling like you are doping yourself some favor by going to night classes and
read all through, but if you could time travel, I would have loved you to visit
me back then in my first year and ask how far. I then would have told you
better, lol.
4. Stress
Oh, when you
are stressed, you can feel so bad, but these tips can help you as well.
Ø Set limit on work: yes, you need to read, but your health and body is
important. You should not over work at the expense of your health. Limit the
times when you need to work to get rest, a good sleep and help your life. Too
much work can stress you and make you feel bad with yourself.
Ø Understand that you are not the only one and cannot do
everything: You
might just be thinking, you have a lot to do, you have biology, chemistry, physics.
Where’s the time to read all these? I need to read. I’m not going to be happy
unless I read everything. But you’re not too right; you need to understand that
you cannot always do everything. Take your time to do one at a time and don’t
stress your life, please.
Ø Seek Help: sometimes, you might be feeling overwhelmed, and so anxious about so
many things you need to read. I know that feeling, I have been there before. I
want you to understand that it’s nice to get help sometimes. Don’t keep all in.
Reach out to your family, friends, professors. They might be able to help you
study more and help reduce stress.
Ø Cut back sometimes if needed: Sometimes, school can be very overwhelming. There’s
always a lot to do. But don’t let that get to your head and kill your joy.
Sometimes, you need to cut back on lectures, take a picnic, take your
girlfriend on an outing or just have someone to relax with. If you are among
the Singles Association of Nigeria, then there are other ways to chill off.
Lol.
Ø Relax with hobbies: What are that thing that catches your interests? Is it
blogging, swimming, reading a novel or a sport? Finding something that you like
can be very beneficial as it helps you to relax and cut out much stress.
Ø Spend more time with your friends: your friends are to be there for
you through you ups and downs. Don’t shrink and keep it to yourself when your
depressed. You can tell them and maybe you might have a remedy.
Conclusion.
There are
times we break down in the university due to bad habits. I have just given you
some amazing ways you stay healthy and handle stress during school.
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