Blog post P3

In P3 we are to do something similar P2 in addressing a problem but this is going to be more thorough and better sourced. So to start I plan to address the anxiety and stress of college students and how it affects them physically as well mentally. Stress as we all know has a terrible effect on everyone as it causes you to just be on edge more. Anxiety is something that comes with stress building up to a point where it jumps out at you all at once causing an anxiety attack and it hurts and is quite terrifying.  I have had personal experience with anxiety attacks they cause heavy breathing, restlessness, and extreme worry, and you can’t even think straight to calm yourself down. Stress and anxiety are often caused when adversity steps into your path and refuses to move and you pull all can because it refuses to move from your path so you take it with you wherever you go constantly weighing you down.  It’s affecting students everywhere and occasionally will cause a complete stoppage in someone’s education.  Students have a terrible relationship with these two feeling as they prevent them from working, studying, furthering their education, and enjoying life. There are many solutions to getting rid of stress and anxiety but bringing awareness to growing problem is hard as most people try deal with it themselves but don’t handle it properly. This can lead to temporary release in which you have rid yourself of the problem only momentarily and often by just ignoring it. This leads to a spike in your anxiety which causes the anxiety attack. During anxiety attacks your brain produces an amino acid called cortisol, cortisol attack cells all over the brain mainly damaging the hippocampus where your memories reside. Stress produces this the most causing the premature aging of the brain. Extreme amounts of stress and anxiety can lead to depression in which a sense of hopelessness is prevalent above all other emotion.

I want to answer the question of how do we help people that are suffering from extreme stress and anxiety so that they can live their life in a better mental state. I want to be able to help people coping so they aren’t just getting by but living life and enjoying the little things. I don’t want suffering to rule someone’s life. I would enjoy seeing people walking around their campuses and worrying about their grades constantly or how they are ever going to finish their next paper.  I have suffered at the hands of these two personally and should have asked for help, but I didn’t. The proper resources will be available to most but they refuse to access because it makes them vulnerable. Fact is, it’s not about what I want, it is about how we get people who are unable to see they are suffering and give them the help they need.  My P3 is about how you asses the level of stress a person is going through and whether or not they need help and can get it.