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Chapter 7 Stress and Academic Anxiety
Chapter Summary:
Introduction to stress
Effects of stress on your body and mind
Preventing and reducing stress
Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to
know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your
own personal joy.
Albert Einstein
Every student suffers from either stress or academic anxiety. Stress is a
natural part of our lives, but excessive stress isn’t. Not only is excessive
stress not conducive to effective studying, its harmful effects can also
damage the body.
Stress is such a large and important topic that it is dealt with in this
whole chapter. We all suffer from stress but for some of us, we suffer
more from it.
Stress can detrimentally affect our grades, attitude, and health not to
mention our overall well being. Understanding the risk factors that
cause stress is an important first step in reducing your own personal
stress. Once a student learns of the risk factors that cause their own
stress, they can take action to reduce their own stress levels.
There are many techniques that are available to reduce stress, the
most important being a balanced lifestyle. By ensuring that you eat
correctly, exercise regularly and sleep enough you will be able to
take control in reducing your own stress levels.
Introduction to stress
What is stress?
Stress is part of the human condition which follows us through our lives;
from our birth to our death it is always with us. Stress is a vital part of
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