Sometimes anxiety can be overwhelming. One thing that helps me is something called biofeedback. Biofeedback teaches you how to have conscious control over physiological functions such as heart rate.
Anxiety and stress initiates the fight-or-flight part of our nervous system. This causes many changes in our bodies, including increased heart rate. When we recognize this occuring, we can learn how to reverse it.
MSTC has a room in the Student Affairs Office called the renewal room. This room has a biofeedback program on the computer. If you would like to use it you can make an appointment with Brian Sadler, Counselor and he will show you how it works. You can then use it whenever you would like.
If you just need someone to talk to, you can make an appointment with Brian Sadler. Sometimes there is nothing more helpful than a third party perspective. Also if you need to let off some steam, MSTC has an exercise room near the gym/ASC on the Wisconsin Rapids campus.
~Amanda
