Coping Skills
Exercise, coloring, talking to a friend, deep breathing, going for a walk, and listening to music are examples of these.
What are healthy coping skills?
When you have so many commitments you feel as if there are not enough hours in a day.
What is over-scheduling?
This office provides the opportunity for social and physical wellness by offering intramurals and play activities outside of academic schedules.
What is the URec Office?
Found in Batten 028, this office provides students with the opportunity for exploring their spirituality, faith-based counseling, and fellowship with other students.
What is the Campus Ministries Office?
Found in the Batten Student Center, this facility is open 7AM-10PM Mon - Fri and 12-6PM on Sat/ Sun. It provides students with the opportunity for weight lifting and aerobic activities that promote physical wellness.
What is the Fitness Room?
This coping skill involves slowly inhaling through your nose and then slowly exhaling through your mouth.
What is deep breathing?
This type of stress involves the need to be perfect at different things, causing even more stress in your life.
What is perfectionism?
This area provides an opportunity to get outside of your comfort zone at 32 feet.
What is the Rock Wall?
The Campus Ministries Office provides opportunities for worship for this faith?
What is ALL faiths?
Found in Clarke Hall, this service provides students with subject tutoring, writing tutoring, and academic advising support.
What is the Learning Center?
The poses and stretches of this exercise promote calm and meditation.
What is yoga?
Upset stomach, poor appetite, difficulty sleeping, clenched hands or jaw, rapid/ shallow breathing, headache, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, rapid heart rate, and tense shoulders are examples of these.
What are physical symptoms of stress?
These one-credit academic classes meet for 50 minutes M, W, and F to help students develop lifelong health skills such as proper exercise form, nutrition, flexibility, sleep, etc.
What is PE 116, etc?
Finding a healthy balance between your goals, values, and beliefs and how they relate to each other. It is one of the Pillars of Wellness.
What is spiritual health?
Found in Batten 212, this free service provides students with the opportunity to express their feelings, discuss stressors, and develop strategies to manage their mental health.
What is Counseling Services?
This coping skill is known for releasing feel good endorphins that improves mood, sleep, and energy. The endorphins released from doing this coping skill also decreases your experience of stress and depression as well as your risk of chronic health problems.
What is exercise?
Depression, anxiety, irritability, worry, fear, sadness, panic attacks, and difficulty concentrating are examples of these.
What are emotional symptoms of stress?
What is exercise?
A student organization through Campus Ministries that hosts WILD events on campus that end in devotionals.
What is WILD?
Found in Batten 024, this office creates an opportunity for students to satisfy their social needs by joining student organizations or participating in campus sponsored traditions, games, and activities.
What is the Office of Student Activities?
Phrases you can say to yourself to help you get through distressing situations.
What are affirmations or positive self-talk?
Driving people to accomplish goals is an example of this.
What is a positive effect of stress?
The CDC recommends 7 or more hours of this activity per day to support proper health for individuals over 18 years old.
What is sleep?
There are so many student organizations you can join through Campus Ministries and this is where you can find out more.
What is the Student Involvement Fair?
Found in Allen Village and open Mon - Fri from 10AM-2PM this service provides evaluation and treatment for routine illness, prescribe medication, and perform basic labs such as flu or strep.
What is the Sentara Student Health Center?