Tuesday 29 November 2011

Reactions to Stress

With final exams coming up next week (or final term papers for those of you who arts students....or final presentations for those of you who are marketing students), the level of stress on campus has noticeably increased (like it does every year...not really much of a surprise). So in light of this exam/paper/presentation stress, I thought I'd talk about the many different ways people behave when they are stressed.

1. Some people eat (its a comfort thing)...they eat a lot and they eat a lot of shit.
2. other people do the exact opposite and stop eating
3. basically everyone starts drinking enormous amounts of coffee
4. some people become bitchy (they make mean comments, are more short with you, etc)
5. i know one person who just stops attending class and stays home (you know who you are mwaha)
6. a friend pointed out that one thing that differentiates midterm season from finals season is that during finals  the hallway outside of the fish bowl in redpath becomes filled with students having mental breakdowns (you know that girl sitting on one of the cushy benches with her head hunched over and her friend sitting next to her consoling her)
7. some people plan excessively
8. some isolate themselves and keep really quiet
9. the majority of people do a combination of the previous 8

GOOD LUCK WITH EXAMS EVERYONE!

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