Hello Students!

The Centre of Student Development has another question for you - our topic this month is stress. We want to know a) what are the stresses in your life and b) how do you manage/deal with stress?

Answers posted here will be (anonymously) featured on a display board in the reception of CSD so stop by at the end of the month to see if your answers made the list!

Here are some examples for a response:

My stresses: 1) getting into/applying to grad school, 2) balance work with school, 3) keeping in touch with family during the school year

Ways I deal with stress: 1) Watch a TV show 2) Take a walk 3) Talk with friends

Thanks for your responses!!!

a) Not being able to achieve goals (both academic and non-academic)

b) Video games, TV shows, and generally procrastinating
(although since said goals include stuff like "maintain good grades" and "try being more social this year", none of those are probably good ideas...)

1. www.dailypuppy.com
2. Scrabble
3. Chili

1) Final exam time, work load (especially if I have multiple things due in one week)


2) Listen to music, go for a run, , gaming, spend time on my hobbies, do random things on learningtoloveyoumore .com/

Stresses:

1) Exams (got two on the same day, with like a two hour gap in between)
2) My midterm on the 12th
3) My essay on the 26th

How do I cope:
1) Going for a walk
2) Listening to music
3) Hanging with friends on the weekend.

Stresses:
1) getting all my work done on time,and not falling behind too much on my readings!

How do i cope:
1) Working out at the gym
2) watch useless/random youtube videos

Stresses:
1. Marks, assignments, tests, not getting the material from class

How do I cope:
1. Going to the gym
2. Talk with friends
3. Watch TV

Stress
1)I get really stressed out when I have a difficult prof or TA (too hard of a marker, makes students uncomfortable when answering questions, etc.) I get nervous and I dread going to class.
2) I stress about getting home on time/time management as well. I take the bus and when I have a late class, I feel like I'm rushed to get home and I don't have enough time to study and do homework.

How I cope with stress
1) Watch TV
2) Hang out with friends/boyfriend
3) Nap!

The only thing I stress about?

The fact that I can't afford food and have to resort to eating a bowl of cereal twice a day.

How I deal with this? I dunno, maybe having some food would cure my starvation.

Dealing with stress:
1) Do a yoga burnout routine
2) Go for a run
3) Break things

I don't get stressed so much as I get bored doing work, but:

1) Video Games
2) Eating
3) Youtube

Stresses:
- anxiety from going to boring lectures
- Multiple assignments and labs due every week
- being tired
- the Toronto Raptors losing

Ways to solve:
- coffee
- staying up
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- the Toronto Raptors winning

Stress:
1) School stuff
2) Finances
3) Getting into a grad school and figuring out what I really want to do with my life

Ways I deal with stress:
1) Talk to friends
2) Listen to music
3) Lie down and think

a) midterms, project, worrying about others, future,
b) taekwondo, watch a movie, play guitar, hang out with friends/family

Originally Posted by sinthusized

a) midterms, project, worrying about others, future,
b) taekwondo, watch a movie, play guitar, hang out with friends/family

Wow, at first I read that as "worrying about others' future" and I was like, "Why the shit would you care/worry about that..."

XD What a waste of effort, that'd be.