THE IMPACT OF STRESS ON STUDENT’S HEALTH

THE IMPACT OF STRESS ON STUDENT’S HEALTH

 

Stress can occur in every individual, one of which can experience stress is college students. Academic factors that can cause student stress include changes in learning styles from high school to college, coursework, grade targets, academic success, and the need for better self-regulation and development of thinking skills. The academic demands that must be faced and the unpreparedness of individuals to deal with them can also result in psychological disorders such as stress. This can have an impact on the physical and mental health of the students themselves. Students who experience stress have an impact on graduating with failure or graduating late. Other effects of stress range from simple things like headaches and loss of appetite to the deadliest thing, suicide.

Stress is a change in the body's reaction when it gets a threat, pressure or in a new situation. When stress occurs, the body will release two hormones, namely adrenaline and cortisol. The effect of the release of these two hormones is that heart rate and blood pressure will increase, breathing becomes faster and muscles experience tension. The body in responding to stress can give a positive or negative reaction. Positive reactions can include adaptability, increased alertness, or motivation to face challenges. While negative reactions can be in the form of anxiety and fear that can be accompanied by various physical complaints.

            Students who experience stress generally stem from excessive task loads, group projects, parental expectations and pressures, changing learning patterns and others. However, as students who have responsibility for all activities and academic assignments on campus should control themselves when doing this so as not to experience stress that has an impact on health. If the task load is excessive, students can make a schedule to do it so as not to accumulate. To reduce stress, students must consume healthy and nutritious food, take the time to exercise, get enough sleep, consult with the guidance and counseling team, pamper themselves by doing activities they like, tell friends if there are difficulties and do not force themselves to participate in many activities on campus. In this way, it will reduce the occurrence of stress in students so that health will be maintained.

            Stress in students is caused by various academic factors. This stress arises because of the pressure on students in doing excessive academic activities and tasks. If students experience stress, it will affect their health such as headaches and lack of appetite, to the most fatal thing, namely suicide. Therefore, students need to exercise self-control and reduce this stress in various ways, one of which is consulting with the guidance and counseling team on campus.