Stress and how it has become integrated into the lives of Indian students~

Stress and how it has become integrated into the lives of Indian students

Stress. We as Indian students have been experiencing this since forever. Most likely from the moment we are born! Parents and the society around us expect us to have a clear vision of what we want and be insanely determined to achieve it but most of the time we don’t know what the hell we are doing so we just see where life takes us. If only it were that simple. Even if we are moving at a calm pace, society forces us to worry about the future. Especially in a competitive environment like India, stress can tend to run high amongst students studying in high school. We are always told this dialogue, “Just study for these three years, your life will be set”. Literally everyone knows that’s not true. After passing you have to write many competitive tests and you have to struggle in college too. Every time those damn topper lists come out; my BP shoots up like it is a rocket lit during Diwali. These are just a few reasons we Indians experience stress and anxiety. I mean there are a million more but if I wanted to list them out, my system would give up on me. Ok, we have established that stress is a common occurrence but why can’t we just suppress it? Ignore it? Well, that may lead to extremely bad effects.

Dangerous effects of being under constant stress

Being in constant stress may lead you to lose self-confidence. Even if you are a well-scoring student stress may cause you to lose concentration during exams and lose marks due to that. “Some extreme effects of stress are people forgetting where they are and ending up somewhere they don’t recognise” says psychologist, Prachi Khandeparkar. As we know exams are a major catalyst for stress, there have been instances recorded where students have experienced hyperventilation, vomit and difficulty in breathing during exam season.

How to reduce stress in our life?

Here comes the important question. Thanks to NCERT, we now have mental health standards imposed on our schools and a limit for homework provided. What can we do to reduce stress on our own? Here are some tips recommended by experts:

 Get proper amount of deep sleep

 Have a calming study environment

 Maintain a proper diet and regularly exercise

 Share your problems with friends. Sharing  always helps to reduce the burden :)

 Listen to music that hypes you up!

Follow these and you are sure to have stress under your control soon. Make sure to leave a comment on how these tips worked out for you. What topic would you like us to breach next? Comment down below. Bye!