Managing College Anxiety Before Deadlines

College anxiety hits different when you realize your brain treats deadlines like actual threats.

Your body cannot tell the difference between a final exam and a bear attack,

which is why your heart races at three AM over a paper. Here is what actually works.

Box breathing before studying, four counts in, hold four, out four,

changes everything. Notice if you are skipping meals, isolating for days, or your thoughts

spiral constantly. These are not weakness signals, they are data points telling you to reach

out. One student discovered joining a study group cut her panic attacks in half

because community literally rewires stress responses. Balance is not about perfection,