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Once you start feeling like ripping your hair out.

Apr 18, 2016

The spring is a busy season for a lot of people. College students are preparing for finals, and a lot of events go on during this time of the year. Here are some ways to destress when you find yourself pulling your own hair out:

1. Going For a Run

While exercising may not seem like the best idea, running and walking are great for your health. Not only is it good for your health but it will help you forget about the stressors in your life!

2. Spending Time with Loved Ones

Whether it be friends, family, or a significant other, spending time with the people that you love is always a good way to destress!

3. Treating Yourself

Take the time out to eat your favorite food or rest a little. Remember that no matter what is stressing you out, you deserve to be happy more!

4. Watching Your Favorite Movie

Get some popcorn, a drink, a blanket and your favorite movie. Nothing says stress-free like a night to yourself with your favorite movie! Not only will you be entertained, but you also may forget about what will be stressing you out!

5. Plan Ahead

Make sure that you start studying for that exam early, or plan your busy days out thoroughly. At least you have rehearsed the stressful days on a piece of paper before you have to go face to face with them.

6. Listen to Music

Play your favorite song, sing and have a dance party if you'd like! Listening to music and dancing is a great way to destress!

7. Taking a Nap

Whether or not taking a nap helps you solve the problems, it sure does feel good to catch some z's throughout the day!

8. Face Your Problems

Try not to avoid what is stressing you out, because it is bound to grow. No big problem, exam or event will go away if you ignore it. If anything, the problem grows out of proportion.

9. Never Give Up

Whether you have a whole night of studying ahead of you, a busy day at work, or other stressors in your life, never give up!

10. Relax A Little

Sometimes you need to give yourself a break, and that is perfectly fine! Resting a little bit between working is a great idea to destress!

11. Make Time To Take Care of Yourself

Don't forget to care for yourself in the mist of being busy. Just because you have a busy day ahead of you doesn't mean that you shouldn't eat or relax. Overworking yourself is not good for your health!

No matter how stressful things can get, do not forget that de-stressing is just as important as whatever is stressing you out! Stress is not healthy and with these steps, distressing after a busy time is extremely important!

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Once you start feeling like ripping your hair out.

1. Going For a Run

2. Spending Time with Loved Ones

3. Treating Yourself

4. Watching Your Favorite Movie

5. Plan Ahead

6. Listen to Music

7. Taking a Nap

8. Face Your Problems

9. Never Give Up

10. Relax A Little

11. Make Time To Take Care of Yourself

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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