【推荐2】Sometimes, the stress you experience from schooling can affect your overall physical and mental health. The following are some ways to help you better manage stress at school.

Look at things from the right perspective.

To smartly handle stress, the first thing you have to do is change how you look at your situation.    1     Instead, it is an opportunity to help you create a brighter future for yourself.

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Your mind needs to get a picture of every single thing that you should accomplish in a particular period of time, or you’ll spend days and nights blindly worrying about the things that you ought to do. Therefore, a to-do list, visible and written, will get rid of overthinking that leads to anxiety.

Ignore unproductive comments from other people.

Learn to accept blame with an open mind but beware (提防) of worthless remarks from people who don’t even matter. Do not let these people change your focus.    3     Be with the right people and take advice from those who have good intentions.

Never take your physical and mental health for granted.

Sometimes, stress comes from ignoring your health by not eating right or on time; at other times your anxiety may come from a deeper reason such as failing mental health.     4    

Create an effective time management plan.

Set your schedule and find a balance among all aspects of your life.    5    Also, it will give you the feeling that you are in control. You don’t have to waste your time worrying about school-related tasks.

【推荐3】How to Deal with FOMO in Your Life

FOMO, or “fear of missing out,” is becoming increasingly common and can cause significant stress in your life. It applies to anything from a party to a promotion at work and affects just about anyone. It always involves a sense of helplessness that you are missing out on something big.

    1     However, while it has been around for centuries, it has only been studied during the past few decades, beginning with a 1996 research paper by Dr. Dan Herman.

With social media becoming popular, FOMO has become more obvious. As more research on FOMO is conducted, we are getting a clearer picture of how it affects us.     2     Aside from feelings of unhappiness, fear of missing out can lead to greater involvement in unhealthy behaviors. For example, the same study in Computers and Human Behavior found that FOMO was linked to distracted driving, which in some cases could be deadly.

Moreover, one study found that the fear of missing out was linked to a greater smartphone and social media usage.     3     They create a platform where things, events, and even happiness seem to be in competition, which may lead you to wonder what you are lacking. Greater engagement with social media can make us feel worse about ourselves and our lives, not better.

    4     Feelings of loneliness are our brain’s way of telling us that we want to connect with others and increase our sense of belonging. Unfortunately, social media engagement is not the way to accomplish this—you might be running from one bad situation right into an even worse one.

Rather than trying to connect more with people on social media, why not arrange to meet up with someone in person? Making plans with a good friend, or doing anything social that gets you out with friends can be a nice change of pace.     5