I am a commuter, an oblivious student to Southern. I know where my classes are and where the student center is, everything else on campus just looms over me like an abandoned building. I'm rushed on time when I'm on campus so I never had the chance to look around. Either I have back to back classes, which all of mine are, or I am running home to get some studying in before work.
Honestly, I didn't want to go places I didn't have to. But when I got to the health center I asked to talk to a nurse and told them how I wanted to ask a few questions on help issues here at Southern. I waited for a little bit and talked to one of the wellness managers, or assistants, I'm not sure which it was. Everyone welcomed me in and told me as much as they could.
I talked to a nurse one-on-one and she told me some common health issues. To my surprise nothing seemed surprising, flues, colds, strep, mono, and a few STD's were all things I figured were going to be common. Then the nurse mentioned stress related illnesses. She told me that so many students get run down and get colds and flues very easily because they are so over stressed.
Simple enough though, the nurse went on to explain that all of these common health issues are too easy to avoid. All you need to do is exercise good hand washing, get a flu shot every year, sleep right, and make healthy food choices and safe sex.
I'm not really worried about getting sick any more this year. I told the nurse I get sick very easily and she told me that if I don't stress myself out and get enough sleep I should be perfectly fine, just make sure I avoid anyone coughing.
If you think you're stressing yourself out just go here Understanding Stress, and see if you need a quiet day of relaxation.
And for everyone who is living in a dorm, the health center had this nice poster with some cool information:
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