Imagine you’re dealing with an incredibly unpleasant customer at your evening job, and thinking about how you need to get in 5 hours of studying and 8 hours of sleep before your 8AM class tomorrow. But you only get off work at 11:30. On top of that you haven’t been able to find time to exercise or spend time with your friends in 2 whole weeks because its midterm season. We aren’t unwilling to work hard, it’s just impossible to work as hard as we want at everything we have to do.
College students aren’t lazy, they’re not unwilling to work hard, they just feel like there’s too much on their plate and they can’t do anything about it. It’s hard to feel in control when you have too much responsibility and not enough freedom.
What does stress feel like?
Stress feels like you have a million things to do and absolutely no time to do them, it’s suffocating and makes it really hard to do things properly. On top of that there’s the fact that every little choice you make will have an effect on the rest of your life but you have no control. It feels hot and angry, your hands shake, your palms sweat, you’re just constantly uncomfortable and on edge.
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