With the current state of the world, it is inevitable that anyone, especially a college student, will encounter stress. While stress may be positive in some situations, building motivation and enabling goal-setting tendencies, it may also cloud our minds and invite anxious or depressive behaviors.
College students are often stressed and some even have anxiety and depression due to the pressures they face. According to Mental Health Therapist and Counselor at Sierra College, Jamie Chin, “When we have anxiety and stress we have a lot of negative thinking going on.” And in describing Gen-Z specifically, she said, “I’m just calling you guys the anxiety generation.” So what can we do?