Personal and Psychological Problems of College Students

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In my opinion, it's quite predictable that college students will have psychological and personal problems when they start to attend college itself. They transition into an important part of their life, and this determines what they will do to contribute to the economy and society when they reach graduation and get employed in their field of work. College life is indeed very stressful, and it does change the mindset of many students who are not used to this type of lifestyle. While in High school, or in a GED program, the student is used to a certain workload size.

In almost every college, however, the workload accumulated for each semester exceeds that of a normal high school semester. I think that is true because i have had so many relatives tell me how much harder college life is when it's compared to high school life. "All nighters" are a constant during undergraduate and especially graduate studies. Therefore, personal and psycholological problems have a high chance of arising during college. For example, depression affects many college students that are disgruntled by the arduous work. The students might feel even more depressed when they have worked hard for a good grade and they had a shortcoming of some sort. For example, if they worked for a "A" grade and they received a B or maybe even lower, they most likely will be affected heavily. I agree that depression is obviously unhealthy for the mind and body. Weight loss, decreases energy, appetite changes, and sleeping changes are all symptoms of depression.

Of course, depression leads to hasty decisions and they don't always have good outcomes or results. There are a lot of suicide attempt cases during college due to all the stress and depression. Also, students start to abuse substances as well, both legal and illegal. "There's a place for everything, and it's college" is a saying used to refer to students trying all sorts of new things in college. I understand why students would try to abuse substances such as Marijuana, Cocaine, Ecstasy, Xanax, Adderall, Mylanta, Lumina, and such. These, in my opinion, are used mainly for stress, concentration and studies, and of course, fun. Drinking Alcohol and smoking tobacco also contributes to this form of stress relief. Obviously, it is very unhealthy and it can lead to death. Obtaining a college degree is one of the best things that can happen in your life, but actually obtaining the degree itself is a huge obstacle course. This is why i believe these problems do exist among students.