Although it is only my third day of classes this semester I would usually have yet to feel much stress.
I usually do not think that I feel a reason to stress until midterms and finals come around.
However, there are also those times where I am stressed without even realizing it. This semester is different, I started out stressed and I was very much aware of my situation, I just was not and I still am not completely sure of the best way to handle it.
So far all I have been is stressed. Nothing seems to be going as planned. By now, I am almost ready to just give up.
I feel like there is absolutely nothing worse than stress. Especially for someone such as myself. I am so impatient it is hard for me not to get stressed even because of the smallest things. I just cannot seem to help it. At least when I know I am stressed I can try to calm myself down and get re-organized, it is the times when I do not realize that I am stressed that are the worst.
I start to get dizzy and nauseous, let’s not forget about the headaches. All of this is just too much and then I realize that I have begun to let the stress take over my life for the moment. Stress is terrible on anyone. Having other health problems such as major migraines almost my entire life, being hypoglycemic and asthmatic does not help my situation any bit at all.
I am currently taking a stress management class which I hope will help me some now and even more when midterms and finals come around. Midterms and finals times are usually the times when I first feel tremendous stress in the semester.
Some things that I do already when I am stressed is try to come up with a time management plan to keep myself organized and set aside a certain time to workout.
Since I am also taking a weight training class this semester I already have my time to work out in my schedule. Another thing that I like to do to relieve stress is dance. I have found that working out is a great way for me to relieve some stress and at the same time I am getting an awesome body in the process. I am already starting to see results and get compliments. Then of course I also love to dance, so not only am I having a great time, I am also relieving stress and once again getting a nice workout. I do not know what I would do if I did not dance.
I try not to lean towards food when I am stressed. This is very hard for me to do because I love food and I am always wanting to eat. It makes me feel better for the moment, but in the end it only adds to my stress since it defeats the whole purpose of working out, just one more thing for me to stress about. That is the last thing I need right now or any time.
To me, stress is evil and I understand that a challenge is supposed to be good for you and it only makes you a stronger and better person, but sometimes I feel like I need an easy button in order to make even the slightest of my stress to disappear.