THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND: Introduction:
Modern life is full of hassles, deadlines, frustrations, and demands. In psychology, stress is a feeling of strain and pressure. Symptoms may include a sense of overwhelmed, feelings of anxiety, overall irritability, insecurity, nervousness, social withdrawal, loss of appetite, depression, panic attacks, exhaustion, high or low blood pressure, skin eruptions or rashes, insomnia, lack of sexual desire (sexual dysfunction), migraine, gastrointestinal difficulties (constipation or diarrhea), and for women, menstrual symptoms. It may also cause more serious conditions such as heart problems. Also, experimental research which has been performed on animals, also displayed results relating to stress and negative effects on the body. It has been shown that stress contributes to the initiation and development of specific tumors within the body. Everyone can experience and suffer stress because of the modernity life of our world, but we will only focus on college students, because we know that studying is not that easy for everyone, and for them, stress is a thing that they need to get used to, because as a student, you’ll encounter things that will challenge your personality. Stress is not always bad. In small amount it is good because its pushes you to do well and do your best and it has athletic performance. It also plays factor motivation, adaptation and reaction to the environment. But take note, everything that is too much is not good for everyone. As a matter of fact, STRESS is rated as a second deadliest killer in the world because there are three diseases that influenced by stress which are: clinical depression, cardiovascular disease, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). When it comes to college students, here are several things that cause stress to them and these are: study issues, money worries, relationship, family pressure and identity.
According to www.psychcentral.com, the term “stressed out” is