College Student Anxiety Analysis

I am currently a freshman at Roger Williams University who has utilized Student Accessibility Services for both an Attention Deficit Disorder and an Anxiety Disorder. Since a young age, school has always been something that I struggled with and had anxiety about. I was quite worried about the transition into college but found that I was able to transition smoothly with the help of Student Accessibility Services. One thing that I have never been able to do is present in front of my peers, due to my anxiety disorder. With the help of Student Accessibility Services, I was able to communicate this issue with my professors and receive accommodations. In addition to accommodations for my anxiety disorder, I utilized the testing center and received

One thing we discussed in class that I found interesting was disorders. I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression and I found it fascinating to learn more about my disorders. When learning about these disorders I couldn’t help but think that most students start to feel anxious or depressed in college due to being overwhelmed by school and/or work. In an article by Joel Brown entitled “The Most Common Mental Health Diagnosis in College Students,(2016)” he discusses how anxiety is most common in students.

This group is for students who suffer from school related anxiety. The group will be a closed, counseling group for any student enrolled, full time, in their college or university program. This group will focus specifically on anxiety associated with school stressors. It will not focus on other sources of anxiety such as job, family and relationships, although these may be identified within the group as being affected by the school stressors. The goal of this group is to help members reduce their anxiety. Some of the objectives to meet this goal are to teach members how to identify and

Most colleges and universities have on-campus counseling centers to help students deal with these issues. These centers counsel and treat students on an individual basis, maintaining the security and confidentiality of the patient. They help students through a variety of issues, from adjustment to college life and dealing with the pressures of academics, to more serious and clinical issues like anxiety, eating disorders, and depression. While most students are aware that these centers are available and are regularly used by some, they are often underutilized by the students that need them the most. Studies suggest that there is a correlation between general

These thoughts in turn yield anxiety because the ingrained beliefs in the necessity of a perfect academic track record stick in students’ minds. Typically, students are able fall back on emotional support systems that they build for themselves by focusing on their present selves and their passions in a healthy manner. It is in becoming so focalized on securing their futures through immense effort at school that students forget to listen to their mental needs as young adults, and they become far more vulnerable to school-induced anxiety in the absence of effective emotional support

College represents a form of higher learning. For many, it is also a time for personal growth as we transition into adulthood. This in itself is a stressful situation as one must make drastic adjustments to a new role, environment, and demands. Stress is a major contributor to the development of mental and emotional issues (Rodgers, L., Tennison, L. 2009). Research has been done to determine the impact of depression and anxiety on university students. It has been

Anxiety is a type of emotional disorder that affects over 40 million adults in the United States, making it the leading mental illness in the US (www.adaa.org, 2014). Emotional disorders, including anxiety, affected roughly 405,293 school ages individuals during the 2009-2010 school year (Heward, 2013). Anxiety can come in many forms, including generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorders, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. They can lead to eating disorders, selective mutism, depression, sleep disorders, and irritable bowel syndrome. Anxiety disorder is defined as a “maladaptive emotional state or behaviors caused by excessive and often irrational fears and worries” (Heward,

Anxiety affects more than 25% of American teens every year, with the number continuously on the rise. The disorder is the most common type of mental disorder and reason to blame is society. Society makes young teens believe that they have the ability to do anything they want in life. While most parents encourage their kids to do whatever they would like, there is a huge shock for the kid when they find out that it was just a dream. Not everything is that way. For me, anxiety has a special place in my brain, which causes me to overthink everything. I constantly feel like nothing I do is good enough or the right thing to do in any given situation. To fight the battle against anxiety, I plan to find things that make me the happiest, stop worrying

Anxiety is a common mental illness that is most prevalent amongst post secondary students because of large school work loads and busy schedules that are incredibly stressful. The characteristics of anxiety can differ depending on the student. Anxiety is most commonly defined as “a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome” (MedicalNewsToday). Often, you can identify anxiety in students in two obvious instances. One instance would be the image of restlessness – puffy eyes, runny nose and so forth. Additionally, another detail of anxiety is inclusive of sweaty palms with a pounding heart alongside an overwhelming feeling of nausea. Anxiety isn’t inclusive to only post-secondary

Students who think they are suffering from some sort of anxiety disorder no matter how severe should consider looking at their own, personal, academic and cultural commitments. Anxiety is mostly caused by and overload of work of stress either at home or at school.

Generalized anxiety is a problem that the United States faces nationwide. As we grow older and move into educational settings that are more taxing, anxiety becomes more prevalent. Today, college students are facing more stress than ever before. They are constantly pushed to be the best they can be, to be in the most extracurricular activities they can be in, and to attend the best schools possible. All of these goals and high expectations lead students to be harder on themselves, which makes other aspects of their life fall by the wayside, leading to high levels of stress and pressure.

One large issue I’ve had was having a great deal of anxiety when talking to large crowds. The size of these crowds would be a group of twenty people or more. Since there are numerous presentations on various academic subjects implemented in the school curriculum throughout the year, this challenge affected my academic life in a negative way. My anxiety would cause me to stutter and/or forget about the information I was presenting on. The reason for this is I would be thinking about how my classmates and teacher viewed me rather than focusing on the content I was supposed to be presenting. I would then think of them as viewing my presentation as bad and focus on that idea as it would fill up all my thoughts.

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Anxiety is the number one presenting concern among college students followed by depression (ADAA, 2016). The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR,

Tet anxiety is a very common thing among American students, especially for those whore are in higher education. This type of anxiety causes psychological tension that students experience before taking test. In the moment of test anxiety students have a strong feelings of failure that is followed by panic and stress pressure. Apparently many studies have showed that test anxiety often causes students to perform worse on the exam. "Test anxiety: Why it is increasing and 3 ways to curb it" by Valerie Strauss and " Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and College Exam Grades" by Jennifer Barrows, Samantha Dunn, Carrie A. Lloyd are popular and scholarly articles that discuss test anxiety in US higher education and how it disadvantages students.

Nowadays, College students have been recognized at risk for the development of anxiety. According to nursing (2006), ‘anxiety is natural reactions to threatening situations. Your body has a "fight or flight" reaction—your heart races, you breathe faster, you sweat, and your stomach and head may ache’. Therefore, UWS College has provided students with many useful services such as counselling service, disability service, international student service, workshops and programs.