College Anxiety: Breathe, Plan, Get Help

College anxiety doesn't mean you're failing, it means you're human.

The 4-7-8 breathing technique changed everything for me during finals week. Inhale four seconds,

hold seven, exhale eight. Your nervous system literally calms down in real time.

I used to spiral before presentations, now I breathe through it. Time blocking saved

my sanity. Two hour study chunks with actual breaks between, not scrolling breaks

but walk outside breaks. Your brain processes stress better when you give it permission

to rest. My friend started skipping meals and isolating last semester. Walking her to campus

counseling was scary but necessary. She got support, started healing, found her footing