Four tips from therapists who help with their mental health

As a student, it can be difficult to be alone for the first time, and school work can be stressful. There are many ways to help your mental health.

Do what is already working

Amanda Kearns, a psychologist on the campus, says if something is already working to reduce stress, just do it.

Think about: 'Ok, I've already been stressed. I had already happened something difficult. How could I do it through this time? What were some ways to deal with it? “, Said Kearns.

Physical health

Ben Roth is also a therapist on campus. He teaches a workshop about some opportunities to cope with fear and stress. The students can find out more information on I-Belong.

“One of the things you do not want to overlook with stress and fear management is sleep, nutrition and exercise,” said Roth in his workshop.

Roth also gave many tips to get a good amount of sleep: not shortly before going to bed, journaling, no homework in bed in bed and tried to sleep about seven hours every night.

Roth also spoke about some strategies to fight falling asleep, including the corridor method. Anyone who fights to find sleep can take their imaginary worries and put them in an imaginary corridor behind doors. When the doors are closed, the worries are locked away and can continue.

Roth also spoke that meditation and breathing exercises were helpful.

meditation

Roth emphasized meditation when he went through opportunities to calm down and fall asleep.

“With meditation you train your mind to be less reactive and more stable. They count every moment. They take every moment as it comes, ”said Roth.

He said he used a meditation app called Mindshift CBT to help with meditations. He also spoke about a breathing technique from Japan called Susokukan, where you concentrate on breathing for 5 breaths, and if your mind moves after the second breath, you have to start at 1 against 1.

“Practice helps to enable an undisturbed state of mind that heals itself,” says “a guide for Susokukan atmosphere in Zen”.

Resources at Byu-Idaho

There are many free resources to manage mental health on the Byui campus. There are some free workshops, such as those who teach Roth, and other helpful resources that the advisory center has.

“BYU-IDAHOS advisory center is committed to supporting students in identifying and solving emotional and psychological problems, affecting effective physical, spiritual, social or academic functions in a safe environment,” according to the website of the advisory center. The students can be advised free of charge in the consulting center.

There are also online options such as tao or therapy support online.

“This is a program that, like anyone who visits Byu-Idaho, who is a student, have free access to it,” said Kearns. “There are many different videos and tips there to deal with stress.”

If students want to learn more, you can search for I-Belong workshops or look at the website of the consulting center.

Note from the publisher: If you or someone you know have to struggle with serious concerns about mental health, find help from experts, including the health and consulting center on the campus. In emergencies, call 9-1-1.

Features Image: Byui advisory center. Photo loan: Lilly Nelson