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-22 posts tagged "stress"
Sydni Brooks | Tuesday, May 4, 2021
As we come to the end of another wacky semester, we are yet again bombarded with an immense amount of projects, essays, presentations and exams to demonstrate our time in our classes. Sunday scaries are bleeding into weekday scaries, caffeine addictions are spiking and the lack of sleep is terribly expressed on all of our
Evan Ploeckelman | Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Every week, the McDonald Center for Student Well-Being (McWell) hosts a “Wellness Wednesday,” as part of a new initiative designed to address the wellness needs of students. The weekly is held either in person, virtually or on the center’s Instagram page. The initiative has both an overarching monthly theme and specific weekly topics.This month’s theme
Maggie Eastland | Friday, February 26, 2021
After receiving a recommendation for the Calm app in an effort to ease high levels of stress, the Undergraduate Experience Advisory Council and the Graduate Studies and Research Advisory Council funded app subscriptions for both undergraduate and graduate students. Student responses to the free subscription have been mixed since the semester began. Some students say
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Thursday, February 18, 2021
Before I got to college, I did not think burnout was a big deal. Last semester, that belief drove my energy, ambition, concentration levels and mental health to the ground. It felt like running into a brick wall; I was too tired to climb it and couldn’t find a way around it. One thing I’ve
Tommy Filip | Monday, October 12, 2020
Uncertainty, loneliness, fear, frustration, anxiety, gratitude, hope, love. These were some of the most common emotions Notre Dame students who participated in The Fighting Irish Project said they have been feeling during the fall semester. The Fighting Irish Project was an initiative conceived by Fr. Pete McCormick to connect the community in the time of
Callie Patrick | Tuesday, December 10, 2019
With exam week quickly approaching, Saint Mary’s students took to the Dalloway’s clubhouse for a panel on stress management sponsored by the Student Government Association (SGA). “As far as we understand tonight, the basic idea is that we’re here for you,” said panelist and Saint Mary’s life coaching consultant Becky Lindstrom. “We’re here to answer
Martha Zaytoun | Wednesday, April 17, 2019
My eyes fluttered open and my hand gravitated toward my phone. Picking it up, I casually glanced at the time. 8:30 a.m. I blinked a few times, hoping I had groggily misread it, thinking there was no way I was stupid enough to sleep through class registration. But staring at the clock illuminating my phone
Kelly Burke | Tuesday, October 23, 2018
You fell in love with yearning at the age of 19. You met on a humid night. You remember being pleased with the humidity, not minding how it fluffed the hair near your temples into baby curls. Not minding how the water proof fabric of your rain jacket folded into your skin, making you feel
Mike Donovan | Friday, April 13, 2018
The world, I’m sorry to say, is out to get you. You can run, hide, lose yourself in the dulcet tones of “Levels” by Avicii (remember?), but the world will sneak behind you and bro-punch you in the back (like Chad from your ACCT 20200). Scientists (ugh!) and health professionals (double ugh!) offer all kinds
Maeve Filbin | Thursday, December 7, 2017
With finals week fast approaching, students are preparing for a barrage of long nights, last minute cram sessions, impulsive snacking and accidental fasting. Anxiety will settle over campus like a thick fog, turning even the most prepared students into stress-induced zombies. Even though finals season is stressful, Diane Fox, the director of the Office for Student