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Stress Management for Students

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Did You Get the Graduation Blues
After looking forward to graduating college or graduate school for years, some graduating students feel a let down. Did you?
Graduate Student Blues
Lose your graduate student blues
5 Tips for Coping with Grad School Stress
Exams, papers, and other deadlines are very stressful for students. How do you manage the stress of graduate school? Try these tips.
Meditation: The Smart Person's Bubble Bath
Graduate school and stress go hand in hand. Your career success, as well as your health, depend on whether you can release stress and unwind.
Midsemester-itis
Are you suffering from midsemester-itis? Lose your midterm blues and cope.
Stress Resources
Leonard Holmes, About guide to Mental Health Resources, discusses how to calm down and get a grip on stress.
Managing Stress: The Relaxation Response
Use the relaxation response to improve your well being.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
These techniques are based on the premise that mental relaxation is an outcome of physical relaxation.
Make Stress Work For You
But stress in itself is not negative. Use it to achieve your goals.
Stress Management -- Basics
Annotated links from Cathleen Henning, your guide to Panic/Anxiety Disorders.
Stress Management -- Beyond the Basics
Links to advanced stress management resources, from Cathleen Henning.
Emotional Fatigue: Coping with Academic Pressure  
An excellent discussion of the causes of burnout, symptoms, and how to cope. A must-read for all graduate students (and professors!)

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