Hello Friends,
I just read that five times as many high school student in the USA are dealing with anxiety an other mental health problems than people of the same age who were in the depression. I had read previously that 50% of all college-age students have some sort of mental health issues. The results were from 78,000 students who took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory from 1938 and 2007.
So what do we do about it?
Choices, too many choices create stress. Parents, stop adding to the college list. Less is more. Visiting too many colleges causes confusion. Visit a few. Students, you cannot possibly apply to 14 colleges and do a bang up job. Six, maybe 8 is a healthy amount.
Extracurricular Activities - Parents, more is not better. Students, find one or two extracurricular activities and do them well. Be a leader in that arena.
Strengths not weaknesses. Parents, focus on what your child does well. Students, those strengths can be outside of the classroom. Are you a loyal friend? Are you a good listener? What are your strengths and follow the path of strength instead of emphasizing your weaknesses.
Clutter - Parents and students, get rid of it in your mind, your house, your desk, your book bag. Eliminate, simplify, less is more is the resounding theme.
If you focus on these four areas of simplification, you will not become a stressful statistic.
Best,
Brenda
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