{"id":25,"date":"2022-03-05T20:53:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T20:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/?p=25"},"modified":"2022-03-06T21:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T21:21:04","slug":"mental-health-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/2022\/03\/05\/mental-health-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health &#038; College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mental health is something that most, if not all, college students struggle with on a daily basis. This can make it hard for students to keep up to date on school work and to live their everyday lives. As someone who struggles with anxiety and depression, I have had to come up with health ways to cope with these struggles, and how to manage stress related to school. Here are some statistics about college students and mental health:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>73% of students report of having a mental health crisis during college<\/li><li>44% of students report of struggling with depression<\/li><li>1\/3 of college students struggle with doing school work due to mental health issues<\/li><li>41% of college students report struggles with anxiety<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As we can see from the statistics above, it is not uncommon to struggle with mental health issues during your college career. As these issues seem to be common, there are some helpful and healthy ways to cope with them. These things can include things like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Talk to a professional &#8211; most campuses offer free counseling services<\/li><li>Get the right amount of sleep &#8211; it is suggested adults get between 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night<\/li><li>Practicing mindfulness &#8211; mindfulness is doing things like yoga, meditation, and there is even a app to guide you through practicing mindfulness<\/li><li>Lean on your family and friends &#8211; having a close knit relationship with people around you can give you a sigh of relief and a sense of comfort when things get rough<\/li><li>Take time for yourself &#8211; a reminder to not overwhelm yourself and that you should always have time for yourself <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As for myself, taking time for myself is one of my biggest stressors. Time management is something that has helped me relieve my stress and organize my school work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making sure your prioritize your mental health is the best way to keep track of yourself and your well being. This is a reminder to keep yourself in check and to make sure your friends are okay. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health is something that most, if not all, college students struggle with on a daily basis. This can make it hard for students to keep up to date on school work and to live their everyday lives. As someone who struggles with anxiety and depression, I have had to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/2022\/03\/05\/mental-health-college\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<i class=\"ion-ios-arrow-right read-more-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12438,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12438"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/weekdayoverload\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}