When college students first move out of their family home it can be exciting and fun for the first few weeks; then the reality of the situation sets in. Many students are faced with questions such as paying for tuition and book fees, paying for the whole semester’s rent at once, what a payment plan even is, and how to juggle social life and dating, all while keeping up with homework and tests. All of this can be very stressful for students, freshmen and seniors alike, causing erratic behavior such as substance abuse street drugs and amphetamines aka ‘study buddies’, drinking alcohol, or being holed up in their room just worrying about the next exam or being numb and having no feeling at all then spiraling into an anxious and depressive state.
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This is an elusive idea that getting something just the way that you want is probably the biggest let down that there has ever been; well, except learning that Santa Clause does not exist therefore Christmas is never the same. To better reinforce this statement "Perfectionism has been identified as a potentially maladaptive trait considered to be a predisposing factor of psychopathology" Multiple studies have found that there is ". . . a positive relationship between perfectionism and depression . . ." in addition other studies have found the same correlation between protectionism and anxiety (Zhou, Zhu, Zhang, & Cai, 2013). Zhou, Zhu, Zhang, and Cai's (2013) study was to find if there is a relationship ". . . between perfectionism and depression/anxiety . . ." based on the perceived social support, finding that those who had good support were less likely to suffer from anxiety and depression but those who had poor support were likely to suffer from anxiety and …show more content…
I learned that how I deal with the stress that I have may not be the best, but old habits die hard. When I first started classes it was during summer semester, when there was not as many students on campus, I believe that helped reducing my anxiety of the first day of classes last fall. I did find that it was interesting that in one of the studies it found that younger participants hand lower levels of stress than those of the older participants, in ways it makes sense; personally knowing that I need to have a certain grade and GPA for graduation and transfers makes it more stressful trying to keep my grades up. I have always understood that if I don't have at least 6 hours of sleep I will not be worth anything the next day; the days where I haven't gotten much sleep have felt a bit more anxious about getting assignments
This is an elusive idea that getting something just the way that you want is probably the biggest let down that there has ever been; well, except learning that Santa Clause does not exist therefore Christmas is never the same. To better reinforce this statement "Perfectionism has been identified as a potentially maladaptive trait considered to be a predisposing factor of psychopathology" Multiple studies have found that there is ". . . a positive relationship between perfectionism and depression . . ." in addition other studies have found the same correlation between protectionism and anxiety (Zhou, Zhu, Zhang, & Cai, 2013). Zhou, Zhu, Zhang, and Cai's (2013) study was to find if there is a relationship ". . . between perfectionism and depression/anxiety . . ." based on the perceived social support, finding that those who had good support were less likely to suffer from anxiety and depression but those who had poor support were likely to suffer from anxiety and …show more content…
I learned that how I deal with the stress that I have may not be the best, but old habits die hard. When I first started classes it was during summer semester, when there was not as many students on campus, I believe that helped reducing my anxiety of the first day of classes last fall. I did find that it was interesting that in one of the studies it found that younger participants hand lower levels of stress than those of the older participants, in ways it makes sense; personally knowing that I need to have a certain grade and GPA for graduation and transfers makes it more stressful trying to keep my grades up. I have always understood that if I don't have at least 6 hours of sleep I will not be worth anything the next day; the days where I haven't gotten much sleep have felt a bit more anxious about getting assignments