By Erica Deditch| gargoyle@flagler.edu I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety for most of my life. It makes me terrified of everything. I mean, literally everything – talking to people, leaving my house, going out. Everything. Going to college didn’t help. For me personally, college only made it…
By Ally Wall | gargoyle@flagler.edu For most college students, social media is everywhere. There is no escape, and the endless scrolling is suffocating. Anxiety and depression have become the leeches of happiness; social media is sucking the authenticity of life out of its users. LED screens and artificial…
By Emily Topper | gargoyle@flagler.edu I was in first grade when I got my first bad mark on a report card. It wasn’t even a grade—just that I needed to improve on following the lines when I used scissors. I distinctly remember the shame and…
On average, about 40 million adults suffer from anxiety disorder. On college campuses, anxiety is particularly prevalent.
Dealing with Stress in the Middle of College Chaos
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photo by Ashley Muller
Sophomore PJ Mistry strives to relieve stress in the midst of her busy lifestyle.
She is a double major in business administration and accounting, as well as a project coordinator in Flagler College Students in Free Enterprise.
Mistry calls her priorities a “four tier balance” system, which includes her family, friends, school and herself.