blog #38

blog 38

have you ever felt that you’re just too stressed out? Too stressed to eat, too stressed to think, too stressed to SLEEP? If you are among the millions of American teenagers either in college or entering college, then you know exactly what I mean.  Its hard to describe the feeling, but stress can be as noticeable as weights physically being pushed down on your shoulders and chest.  It’s like no matter how hard I try, there is always something there, bothering me, nagging at my thoughts, robbing me of my complete blissful apathy.  Personally, I can truthfully say that the only time I don’t feel stressed is on summer break, winter break and also spring break.  Other than that, I have papers, quizzes and midterms on my mind creeping into my non-school social life.  The stress lately is getting to a point that I feel that no matter how hard I work, how long I study or how much I care, the results will always be the same and that I will be a huge failure.  But where does this stress stem from? What makes students feel as if the have to perform so well and place their bodies under strenuous amounts of anxiety? The answer is a combination of parents’ and societal expectations.  Everyone is expecting the next generation to be way better, when in fact we’re all the same and our lives are placed on a pedestal that doesn’t belong there.