{"id":11279,"date":"2025-11-18T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/?p=11279"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:45:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:45:01","slug":"coping-with-mental-health-in-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/coping-with-mental-health-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Coping with Mental Health in College"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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College is supposed to be \u201cthe best years of our lives,\u201d right? That\u2019s what everyone says. But the truth is, college can feel overwhelming, lonely, and stressful at times. Between keeping up with classes, working jobs, staying involved on campus, and just trying to figure out who we are as young adults, it\u2019s easy to feel like the weight of the world is on our shoulders. For me, mental health has been one of those things I didn\u2019t fully understand until I was in college and had to face it head-on.<\/span><\/p>

One of the hardest parts about struggling with mental health in college is that it can feel like you\u2019re the only one going through it, but you\u2019re not. I\u2019ve had days where I felt like I couldn\u2019t get out of bed or where the stress of assignments made me want to give up. I\u2019ve also had nights where I felt completely alone, even when I was surrounded by people. Talking about this stuff isn\u2019t always easy, but being honest about how I\u2019m feeling has been the first step in learning how to cope.<\/span><\/p>

What\u2019s helped me is finding small ways to take care of myself before things get too heavy. For example, I started setting aside time to just breathe and slow down, even if it\u2019s only for ten minutes a day. I\u2019ve learned to reach out to friends and admit when I\u2019m not okay, and I\u2019ve started to appreciate how much of a difference it makes when someone just listens without judgment. I also remind myself that it\u2019s okay to ask for help, whether that\u2019s talking to a counselor, leaning on my support system, or even just being real with a professor when life feels like too much.<\/span><\/p>

If you\u2019re in college and dealing with mental health struggles, I want you to know it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re weak or failing; it means you\u2019re human. Coping doesn\u2019t look the same for everyone. For some, it might be journaling, exercising, or listening to music. For others, it might be prayer, therapy, or simply taking a break. The point is, you don\u2019t have to do it all at once, and you don\u2019t have to do it alone. College is tough, but learning how to take care of your mind while you\u2019re here is one of the most important lessons you\u2019ll carry into the rest of your life. So, if today feels heavy, give yourself permission to slow down. You\u2019re not behind, and you\u2019re not broken. You\u2019re just learning, just like the rest of us. And that\u2019s okay.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jaqoune is a junior at SAU, majoring in Social Work with a minor in Psychology. He is from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where he learned the importance of community, compassion, and hard work. Those values inspired him to pursue a career helping others and making a difference in people\u2019s lives. He is passionate about supporting youth and those who may not always have a voice, and he hopes to use his education to give back to his community and create positive change. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

College is supposed to be \u201cthe best years of our lives,\u201d right? That\u2019s what everyone says. But the truth is, college can feel overwhelming, lonely, and stressful at times. Between keeping up with classes, working jobs, staying involved on campus, and just trying to figure out who we are as young adults, it\u2019s easy to… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1730,"featured_media":10218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29425],"tags":[76584],"class_list":{"0":"post-11279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"tag-advice","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 08:43:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11337,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions\/11337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}