For many young adults the journey of beginning the life of college can be one of the most difficult transitions and especially if one is unprepared. Young students are in a completely new environment that poses new challenges. Academics are the main issue and the process of understanding how to manage that load is a universal struggle. Health of students is key to success and this is an area that is highly ignored unfortunately. Lastly, the struggles of coming to college alone and having to face new and at times intimidating social situations is worth detailed discussion. All challenges will be addressed and serve as sound advice for the incoming student in a new world. Today people are custom to computer technology
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A common problem for freshman is the much-talked “freshman fifteen”. This is a phenomenon where college freshman gain weight during the first year of school due to both physical and psychological issues that arise during that time. However, according to Grabmeier at Ohio State University research showed those students actually gain between 2.5 and 3.5 pounds during freshman year (Zagorsky). Many go too far and become preoccupied by the phenomenon that it can become unhealthy. Researchers Smith-Jackson and Reel found that women believe that weight gain is inevitable and can cause much anxiety and even eating disorders. This is unfortunate and maybe could be a reason why stress is high during freshmen year. But just because this research is shown it does not mean one could not gain more than that so it is best to get a good health habit started and also have good mindset and to not become mentally disturbed by …show more content…
During college, so many things come up that many are left feeling emotionally exhausted by everything. In one study it showed that only 51.9 percent out of 200,000 freshmen said that they were emotionally happy (Higher Education Research Institute). Based on this finding, it gives way to the logic that students are not adjusting and are not finding proper techniques to succeed in the new environments and stress associated with it because good mental health habits are not being made. When stressed, people experience, mainly digestive symptoms, while others have headaches, sleeplessness, depressed mood, anger and irritability (NIH).
Sense this is shown as evidence of the effects of negative emotions it is in the best interest for the student to take control of both mind and situations. These findings show that not being disciplined in college can fall short in more ways than one. There is hope and there are options out for help if mental issues interfere too much with college and or personal life. Treatment for mental health problems varies depending on the individual and could include medication, therapy, or both things (MentalHealth). There are many ways to cope and overcome mental issues so it should not be allowed to take
A common problem for freshman is the much-talked “freshman fifteen”. This is a phenomenon where college freshman gain weight during the first year of school due to both physical and psychological issues that arise during that time. However, according to Grabmeier at Ohio State University research showed those students actually gain between 2.5 and 3.5 pounds during freshman year (Zagorsky). Many go too far and become preoccupied by the phenomenon that it can become unhealthy. Researchers Smith-Jackson and Reel found that women believe that weight gain is inevitable and can cause much anxiety and even eating disorders. This is unfortunate and maybe could be a reason why stress is high during freshmen year. But just because this research is shown it does not mean one could not gain more than that so it is best to get a good health habit started and also have good mindset and to not become mentally disturbed by …show more content…
During college, so many things come up that many are left feeling emotionally exhausted by everything. In one study it showed that only 51.9 percent out of 200,000 freshmen said that they were emotionally happy (Higher Education Research Institute). Based on this finding, it gives way to the logic that students are not adjusting and are not finding proper techniques to succeed in the new environments and stress associated with it because good mental health habits are not being made. When stressed, people experience, mainly digestive symptoms, while others have headaches, sleeplessness, depressed mood, anger and irritability (NIH).
Sense this is shown as evidence of the effects of negative emotions it is in the best interest for the student to take control of both mind and situations. These findings show that not being disciplined in college can fall short in more ways than one. There is hope and there are options out for help if mental issues interfere too much with college and or personal life. Treatment for mental health problems varies depending on the individual and could include medication, therapy, or both things (MentalHealth). There are many ways to cope and overcome mental issues so it should not be allowed to take