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5 Ways to Pick Yourself Up After 'Hitting a Wall'

It is important to take care of yourself after a mental crash.

Alexandra Austin

Feb 03, 2017

Christopher Newport University

5 Ways to Pick Yourself Up After 'Hitting a Wall'

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We all 'hit a wall' here and there. Whether it's on a weekly basis or once in a year, it happens to the best of us. All the sudden everything is happening at once - in school, work and personal life, and you crash. It can take a lot of out of your physical and mental abilities. If you don't take care of yourself after, its nearly impossible to rebound and the effects can drag on and on. Just like you ice a bruise or put a band-aid on a cut, you have to mend the wounds after a mental crash. Here are 5 ways to take care of yourself after 'hitting a hall':

1. Organize yourself

Clean your room and organize your environment and it can do wonders for your sanity. Additionally, organize your planner or calendar to make sure you plan ahead and you do not snowball the effects of your mental crash. This way you can plan ahead for any pending or questionable stress triggers in the near future.

2. SLEEP

catch up on some z's. Chances are you are you lost a lot of sleep during the buildup of stress before a during your crash. Sleep is so important in recovery, in anything. Think about it, when you have a nasty cold, what do you require? Yes, some NyQuil, but also a lot of sleep. Same goes for your psyche.

3. Do something for you

Give yourself a little treat. Whether it is hanging out with friends a mindlessly talking and laughing about any and everything or sitting is your room alone reading a pleasure book. Make the time - mental cleansing is a wonderful medicine.

4. Eat some good food

Food feeds the soul (and body, of course). And when you're stressed you're going for the quick meals and junk food. But, a fresh salad or homemade soup is a bowl full of nourishment and happiness. And when you physically pick yourself back up, your mental health comes up with it. Mind and body are like two sides of the same coin.

5. Just breath

Breath in, breath out. Now do it again - mindfulness in its purist form. Sit back and relax. You are over the hump, past the storm and 100% capable of life's challenges, even when you do hit a wall.

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan

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3. Do something for you

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5. Just breath

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

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

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

10. When you're assigned a group project.

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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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