How I Handle Stressful Situations

Stress affects people in different ways and what one person finds stressful can be normal to another. With each new situation a person will decide what

Introduction Stress affects millions of people. One of the most common forms of stress is that related to our careers and the workplace. In today 's economic difficulty, work related stress is even more pronounced than ever before. Everyone who has ever held a job has, felt the pressure of work-related stress. Any job can have stressful elements, even if you love what you do. According to the American Psychological Association 's (APA) annual Stress in America Survey. Only 37 percent of Americans surveyed said they were doing

ADHD and Dyslexia have made me great at time management. I try to get assignments handed in on time, and complete tests with the limit allotted. Not to mention, I would use a timer when doing assignments, this would help me in setting a goal for myself to get my assignments done as efficiently as possible.

I think the most challenging courses I took this year was AP Lang but not because of the work or reading but because I did not give me 100% in that class. I think that is something I did wrong and I should have changed that as fast as I could. My grade could have been better in that class then what I got both semesters. The expectations I wanted to meet did not end up that way and actually ended bad for me which I regret. Some of the strengths I discovered this year was being able to ask questions and participate in class without being embarrassed and also talk to my teachers individually which was something that was really hard for me freshman and sophomore year. There are some assignment that I am really proud of and other that I think I

I think that I could improve my time management skills by making sure I limit my distractions. Facebook is a big thing I like to check periodically so if I block out a little bit of time throughout the day to have that moment to check facebook or phone a friend or family; my thought is that hopefully by the time I am ready to do homework, I will have gotten that all out of my system which will allow me to keep on task to finish the assignment or project. Another thing that helps me that I should do more often is find a place with the environment that will help me focus on my tasks and not be distracted. I find that a lot of times when I work on my school work at home I want to do other things such as clean house. When my house is a mess I find myself stepping away from the computer to clean it. So when I have to do a assignment it would be best if I can leave the house to finish up my assignment. I think it would also benefit me to plug in some time for myself to have fun. This is something that I don't do often and have a hard time finding the time to do, but I feel that if I did that it would help me to stay focused on tasks when that time comes and to not be so

Primarily, before I was able to use my time management skill to benefit my academic success as a student at Miami this term, I had to follow certain procedures. The first thing I did in the beginning of this semester was that I created a, To Do, list to help me identify a few items and the reasons for doing them. I create these lists every Sunday to guide me through my weeks of school. The first thing in the list is to make sure I go to sleep on time, so I can wake up on time and arrive on time in class every day. Another method I follow is the daily and weekly planner which helps me writing down my appointments, classes’ times, and meetings’ times on a

I do agree that these four tips for implementing time management into your life are a great idea. Some students already have this quality. If you don't already have good time management skills, that's alright; you are never too old to change. If there is something about myself I want to change, I devise a plan and make it happen. I have come to believe these skills will help me succeed in my journey for self-improvement, along with being organized and realizing that anything good in life comes with hard work and

But, in some cases when stress seems to take over I tend to fall into various patterns. One pattern that I have noticed when I am stressed is that I will be more severe and hard on students that are not doing what they are supposed too. I understand that in school you should not be all lovey dovey all the time, but I find myself out of character when stress hits. Another reaction pattern that results from my work stress is the change in my body language. Instead of being loose and charismatic with my body language I almost always tighten up and become stirn. In a way this ends up hurting myself and those around me. In order to make sure that I do not let stress affect those around me I have put in place a couple of coping techniques to thwart stresses evil

The concept of academic difficulty is one that never ceased to puzzle me. I always believed if you paid attention in class you could handle any sort of academic challenge. This theory was challenged by numerous people, but I could always defend it by evidencing my grades and my sleep schedule. I was able to disprove my own hypothesis after two classes I’d taken that changed my life. In my 13 years of school, there have only been two subjects where I’ve faced difficulty: AP World History and AP Physics.

As human beings, we are susceptible to stress. Stress is in our everyday lives and it is something we can not hide from. We get stress from school, work, our significant others, and sometimes ourselves. The way we deal with stress is completely up to us and whether or not we want to deal with it. In the textbook “Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding” by Scott Lilienfield, he talks about the five different ways that we can gain control over any situation.

Chapters four and five covered stress-related disorders and anxiety disorders and other disorders as well. I have learned a lot of valuable information about stress and how it impacts a person. Stress can come from many different events such as work, school, friends, and even from finances. Stress can also be a good or bad depending on how the person may view the situation. I have learned that stress can impact the body such as the endocrine system and the immune system. We become sick when we are dealing with severe stress like a final exam in college. Furthermore, the longer we deal with our stress the more it impacts our bodies. Dealing with stress over a long period of time may weaken the body’s immune system.

The greatest academic challenge I have faced to this day was Pre Calculus my Junior year. Math has always been my weakest subject and the one that I need the most help in. Unfortunately, help was something I struggled to find. The friends that I had in the class also struggled to understand the subject matter just as much as I did and were unable to help me themselves. For a long time, I used online resources to try and review the subject matter at home. While I could struggle through my homework by comparing the problem step-by-step with an example, tests and quizzes felt impossible.

There are many challenges I have faced during the course of my education which combined both academic and non-academic facets. I have had more than just one term during my time at Wayne State University that presented a challenge to me in terms of academics. Most of these challenges had to be met with an increasing amount of focus and a change in study strategies to overcome. There is one sequence of terms in particular that was most challenging. During the fall and winter semesters of my junior year I had just began to take upper level biology courses which included Anatomy & Physiology and Human Physiology. These classes make up the very core of my career path and also play well to my interests. What made this specific term difficult was the fact that I underestimated the amount time and focus needed to understand subjects that would eventually mean the most. This eventually lead to poor performance in those courses but also a turning point in terms of how I approach my courses.

Everyone has stressors in their lives even with good time management and organizational skills. You can learn how to have a respond to stressors with a healthy response and how to avoid the uncomfortable feelings associated with stress or anxiety.

Time management is something teenagers can learn while working while in school, or if they also in sports or other extra-curricular activities. They will have to balance their time between work, school, and everything else that they do. This will put them in a position where time management skills are needed to perform well at all there tasks including working and school.