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Stress Symptoms, Signs, and Causes: Improving Your Ability to Handle Stress

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Learn all about stress, including its effect on your health, common causes, the signs and symptoms of stress overload, and how to protect yourself.

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Stress, anxiety, and depression are not uncommon among college students. Find out more about these topic and campus resources for these concerns.

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What's wrong with our food system | Birke Baehr | TEDxNextGenerationAsheville

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A recipe for cutting food waste | Peter Lehner | TEDxManhattan

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How “Secure” Is Food? The Case of Hong Kong | Daisy Tam | TEDxWanChai

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Our food system is not secure, and waste and hunger are persistent in a modern city like Hong Kong. How can we reduce food waste and rescue surpluses in an equitable and sustainable way?

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10 tips for reducing stress (students)

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Young people should have everything to be happy about, but as the generation with the least responsibility we actually experience the most stress. A 2013 survey by the Nightline Association found that 65% of students feel stressed.

Students juggle part time jobs with university, worry about assignments and stress about the future and how to make the next step. Trying to manage all these things at once can leave you feeling overwhelmed.

As a student, every spare minute seems to be filled with worrying - you feel like you have to achieve something and make plans for your future. Instead of relaxing in the holidays, you're planning an internship to add to your CV, or working to earn some well-needed extra cash.

If you're not careful, working too hard and worrying too much can lead to "burnout" - when everything seems bleak and you have nothing left to give.

It might not seem like it when you're feeling down, but living a more stress free life is possible. There are some really easy ways to beat stress effectively. Here are some that I have encountered as a student:

1. A varied and healthy diet

Eating fresh ingredients and lots of fruit is really important. Juices filled with vitamin C, such as orange or grapefruit juice, are said to be good for your immune system so can help with stress.

When you're busy and tired it can be tempting just to grab another pizza or ready meal, but cooking from scratch can be therapeutic as well as being healthier.

2. Exercise

Doing sport at least once a week is the best way to reduce stress. It helps your body produce endorphins, which make you feel good. Even daily walks of 30 minutes can help reduce stress levels but it's even better to work out intensively. Even if you don't feel like it at the time you will feel the benefits afterwards.

Joining a sports club could also help with stress as the regular contact with other people should help improve your mood.

And why not try yoga? It's a great way to ease your mind and relax your muscles.

3. Meditation

It might sound simple, but sitting quietly for 10 minutes a day can really help with stress levels. If you've never tried meditation before, it's worth a go.

Good breathing techniques can put you in a more relaxed state as they send oxygen surging through your bloodstream, helping to calm you down and beat the stress.

4. Take breaks regularly

Short breaks between working can help you switch off. But longer breaks are important too.

How about taking the weekend off to relax? Make time for fun and for yourself even if this means that you have to schedule time away from your work. You'll hopefully come back to your work feeling fresh.

5. Get a pet

It is said that spending time with animals is good for your health. If you pat a dog for a couple of minutes, your body releases hormones that make you feel happy and can decrease the amount of stress in your system.

Most uni halls won't let you keep an animal though, so spending some time with friends or family who have pets is a good option: you get the love without the commitment.

6. Sleep (and sign off Facebook)

Sleep is always the best medicine and some people find that small 20-minute naps can help increase productivity.

As students we tend to spend too much time on social media sites and answering emails, texts and phone calls. Sociability is fun - but too much of it, and too much computer time, can lead to more stress.

Failing to switch off from work because of your electronic gadgets will only make you even more stressed.

7. Quit smoking

Some people say they smoke to relax, but researchers on the European Board for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco suggest that nicotine suppresses the hormone serotonin, which fights stress. Another good reason to quit.

8. Try to see the positive side

If you missed a deadline, try to appreciate what you learned from this mistake: now you know how to plan ahead. Things might seem bad, but if you try, there is usually something positive to be learned.

9. Listen to music

Listening to music can help calm you down and put you in a better frame of mind. If you're feeling stressed, putting on some calming music while you work could really help.

10. Laugh

They say that laughter is the best medicine, and it's really true. Laughing out loud increases oxygen and blood flow which automatically reduces stress.

Not taking life too seriously can help everyone live a better and easier life. Make time for yourself, log out of Twitter and take breaks. It's about time that we students accept that we can achieve just as much in life without all the stress.
How do you manage stress? Share your tips in the comments section below Topics

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What's the difference?

Stress

Stress is the body's reaction to various stimuli, including physical, chemical, emotional, or environmental factors. Stress is a normal part of life and something that everyone experiences.

Acute stress is short-lived and involves the body releasing adrenaline and cortisol, which helps you respond quickly when needed (e.g., when you encounter something dangerous). Chronic stress, however, results in ongoing high levels of stress hormones that can compromise your immune system and cause severe health problems such as depression.

Stress, whether acute or chronic, is not diagnosed as a mental health disorder.

Anxiety

The experience of anxiety is more similar to fear. This may be fear of something specific or fear that doesn't seem to have a cause. Many people experience anxiety in relation to common stressful events such as exams or upcoming submission deadlines, and this anxiety can be short-lived. However, when anxiety continues and begins to interfere with ongoing daily functioning it is diagnosed as an anxiety disorder.

How does normal anxiety compare to an anxiety disorder?

Normal anxiety can take the form of "the jitters," trouble sleeping, worry, or sadness. It's usually short-lived and disappears once the perceived threat to our wellbeing has passed.

Anxiety disorders, however, are more persistent and severe and may require assistance from a wellness professional.

According to the Anxiety Disorder Association of Canada, an anxiety disorder is characterized by constant, chronic and unsubstantiated worry that causes significant distress, disturbs your social life, and interferes with classes and work ¹.

¹ Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a condition whereby you experience chronic and debilitating anxiety and/or worry. Some of the signs and symptoms to watch for include ¹:

Feeling restless or keyed up

Difficulty concentrating

Being easily fatigued

Feeling irritable

Experiencing muscle tension

Having sleep difficulties

Gastrointestinal discomfort including nausea and diarrhea

Sweating

1 Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Panic Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Social Anxiety Disorder

Specific Phobia

The Canadian Mental Health Association offers more information about types of anxiety disorders.

It helps to be proactive about stress and anxiety. When you start feeling stressed or anxious:

Acknowledge and accept that you are feeling stressed or anxious

Take a break

Talk to a friend

Allow yourself to cry

Go for a walk or run

Meditate

Breathe deeply and allow your natural relaxation response to kick in

Believing that you are able to manage stress and anxiety is important because your perceptions can have a large impact on your health. Research has shown that students' perceived ability to manage stress can reduce their likelihood of becoming depressed.

Sawatzky et al, "Resilience mediates the effect of stress on depression in university students," Journal of American College Health, submitted for review July 7, 2010.

Identify the things that trigger your stress or anxiety

Keep a log of your stress triggers and review them periodically

Identify the times that you tend to get stressed or anxious
Are you most stressed in the morning? Before class or meetings? Studying or writing in the evening? Monitor the times you feel most stressed or anxious and include these times in your stress long.

Think of ways to change your responses to stress and anxiety
Are there unhealthy triggers you can avoid or minimize your exposure to? Can you change how you approach triggers or the way that you manage stress and anxiety?

For example, if studying for a difficult class or thesis defense alone in your room at night triggers a stress response, you might try studying with a friend or family member, or in a group at a different location and time of day. You might also want to try taking other steps to minimize the stress triggered by this activity, such as asking your professor, TA, or research supervisor for help, accessing academic resources like the Learning Commons, or engaging in positive self-talk when you begin feeling stressed.

Try a mini meditation. Breathe in deeply, count to five, and exhale slowly. Watch your lower abdomen expand and deflate. Repeat five times.

If you're already feeling stressed or anxious, small, simple adjustments can make a big difference when it comes to managing stress and anxiety.

If you're experiencing exam-related stress or anxiety, remind yourself that the exam period has an end date and it will be over soon.

Get up and stretch or walk around once an hour for five-to-ten minutes.

Try to get outside if you can.

Hydrate yourself with water throughout the day to keep your body and mind functioning well.

Eat well to properly fuel your body and brain.

Try a mini meditation. Breathe in deeply, count to five, and exhale slowly. Watch your lower abdomen expand and deflate. Repeat five times.

Engage in positive self-talk to help build self-confidence.

Face your fears head on. Avoiding stressful or social situations can reinforce anxiety - feel the fear and do it anyway.

Don't try to be perfect: remind yourself that your best is something to be proud of.

Laugh: watch, listen, or read something that makes you laugh out loud.

Take a short break to meet a friend.

Have coffee, eat lunch, or go for a walk together.

Get enough quality sleep. Your brain is at its quickest and most adept after seven to nine hours of sleep.

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Stress Stress is the body's reaction to various stimuli, including physical, chemical, emotional, or environmental factors. Stress is a normal part of life and something that everyone experiences. Acute stress is short-lived and involves the body releasing adrenaline and cortisol, which helps you respond quickly when needed (e.g., when you encounter something dangerous).