Mental Well Being – Stress Management

Anxiety, loneliness, stress, and isolation are normal to experience right now. However, feeling stressed or anxious can negatively impact your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health over time. It is important to know how to cope with stress in healthy ways and to know where you can get support.
What You Can Do
- Recognize your stress
- Keep yourself healthy
- Eat, drink, and sleep regularly
- Do physical exercise, such as using UREC’s virtual workouts.
- Reduce caffeine and alcohol
- Take time to relax in ways that works best for you
- Take deep breaths
- Go on a walk
- Stretch
- Meditate
- Enjoy fun hobbies
- Read a good book
- Listen to music
- Create a structure for your day
- Keep a calendar
- Set up a routine for your day
- Schedule in time for breaks and self-care
- Be mindful of others you live with, whether family or roommates
General Resources
- CDC Coronavirus Webpage on Managing Stress & Anxiety
- Psychology Today – Coping with Coronavirus Stress
- Active Minds – Managing the Stress of Living at Home for College
WSU Resources
- Text Stress – text @STRESS to 844-486-0046 to opt-in to receive weekly stress management tips via text message
- WSU Cougar Success Stress Less Tips
- Academic Success and Career Center workshops