Is college life stressful?

As a sophomore, I think there will be a lot of pressure, but then I think about it, what kind of pressure are there in our age group?

The word stress was originally a term in physics, and its original meaning is the force exerted on an object. It became a buzzword to describe the human condition starting from the book "Stress in Life" by the famous physiologist Hans Selye, who pointed out that stress is a threatening event and a sudden dangerous stimulus situation that instructs the individual to be nervous.

The first and most representative figure in the world to systematically construct and develop the stress theory from a psychological perspective is the American psychologist R.S. Lazarus. He believes that: the so-called psychological Stress refers to "the special relationship between an individual and the environment that is evaluated by the individual as potentially threatening physical and mental health and requires the mobilization of one's own resources to bear or overcome."

Lazarus believes that it is a situation in which environmental demands exceed personal abilities and available resources; Fineman believes that it is the cognition and reaction of high anxiety experience; Fleming believes that it is the cognition and reaction of threat or danger. Kasl summarizes the definition of stress into four categories: (1) external situations; (2) cognition of external situations; (3) response to external situations; (4) the relationship between environmental demands and individual abilities. Stress, also known as stress, usually brings an unpleasant negative emotional experience to people, and it often lasts for a period of time.

College students are an extremely important group. They can receive higher education, take advantage of better resources, and have more platforms. University is a springboard, and college students are on such a springboard to spread their wings and fly. Three inches upward is heaven, and the next step is the abyss. Therefore, it is particularly important to correctly understand your own stress sources and handle them appropriately during college. Only with light wings can you fly freely. Mainly divided into social factors: (1) Social expectations (2) Social competition (3) Daily events and psychological factors: (1) Self-requirements (2) Interpersonal relationships (3) Emotional entanglements (4) Role ambiguity (5) Economic problems .

College students are a special group. They are in the transition stage from late adolescence to adulthood. This stage marks their gradual move towards independence and maturity. At this stage, we not only have to face changes in our own physiological development, but also face pressure from all aspects. The pressures mainly include:

The pressure of the times. Today's world is in the information age of knowledge explosion. No matter who you are, if you are not careful, you will fall behind the surging information trend. College students are a special group between maturity and immaturity, independence and non-independence. The specific background of the times makes them face more acute challenges: on the one hand, they must work hard to complete their studies in school, and at the same time, they must also care about whether the knowledge they have learned can be used. To adapt to the needs of the future; on the one hand, they must master the most fundamental professional knowledge, and at the same time, they must have the fundamental quality to acquire new knowledge in the information age; on the other hand, they must have innovative awareness and ability, and at the same time, they must shape a sound personality that can integrate into a harmonious society. Such high expectations will inevitably bring them psychological tension and pressure.

Life stress. The so-called life pressure mainly comes from two aspects: [1] Economic pressure. Students generally pay for schooling from their families. Due to the development of society and changes in living standards in recent years, the cost of college has increased significantly. This is especially true for students from poor areas. In some poor areas, there is even a phenomenon that "high school students drag down the whole family, and college students drag down the whole family." This will cause greater pressure on poor students who have not yet been able to support themselves. [2] .Self-care and self-discipline pressure. At present, most college students are only children. They have been influenced by the baton of the college entrance examination since childhood. Studying is everything, and they have long ignored the basic life skills that ordinary people should have. Therefore, many people lack the ability to take care of themselves and self-discipline, and many people do not know or are not good at being independent. Life and dealing with people. Facing setbacks and new environments, they often lack the ability to self-regulate, which creates a source of stress for some college students.

Study pressure.

Studying is the most fundamental task for college students. Although the intensity of this pressure fluctuates and is not permanent, its impact cannot be underestimated because it lasts for a long time. In particular, many college students must further create conditions and make further efforts to adapt to the needs of fierce competition in society. They are either struggling to take postgraduate entrance examinations, master's and doctoral studies, or participating in various skills training courses in order to obtain various "certificates." Too many learning clues and overweight learning tasks bring huge pressure to college students.