{"id":125,"date":"2026-09-15T12:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/?p=125"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:49:08","slug":"stressed-to-the-max-how-to-cope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/2026\/09\/15\/stressed-to-the-max-how-to-cope\/","title":{"rendered":"Stressed to the Max: How to Cope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take my word for it, I KNOW how stressful life and school can be.<\/p>\n<p>I have personally struggled with acute anxiety for a couple of years now, and as a result, I often deal with the physical symptoms of it (nausea, migraines, bathroom stuff&#8230;). If you are feeling burnt out, stressed, anxious, I want you to know that you aren&#8217;t alone. So many people go through very similar things, and it doesn&#8217;t make you any less strong or resilient. We often hold a lot of weight on academics, especially at this level, so if you have a test coming up and you&#8217;re looking for some ways to de-stress, this is for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How I cope with my anxiety:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise! Really a simple answer, but it does wonders. Yoga, cardio, weightlifting, totally up to you. Helps calm your body down and can help alleviate any physical symptoms you&#8217;re experiencing.<\/li>\n<li>Heated blanket! This helps a lot for when I have stomach pains or nausea. Would highly recommend, especially when combined with a weighted blanket.<\/li>\n<li>Pain meds!! For headaches and other ailments, I like Tylenol Extra Strength.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anxiety can be difficult, but always remember that you aren&#8217;t alone.<\/p>\n<p>Much love always,<\/p>\n<p>Sophia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take my word for it, I KNOW how stressful life and school can be. I have personally struggled with acute anxiety for a couple of years now, and as a result, I often deal with the physical symptoms of it (nausea, migraines, bathroom stuff&#8230;). If you are feeling burnt out, stressed, anxious, I want you to know that you aren&#8217;t alone. So many people go through very similar things, and it doesn&#8217;t make you any &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}