Mental Health and Wellbeing In The First Year of College

Creator

Madison Converse

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Creation Date

11-2025

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The topic I chose to teach was on mental health struggles college students face and finding healthy coping strategies. I chose to cover this topic because I feel like it is so important to stress to First-year students that they are not alone in all of their struggles. The main stressors that most college students face include, academic pressure, social adjustment, homesickness, financial stress, independence, and worrying about the future. My goal was to help them understand that having good mental health does not mean being happy all of the time, but rather it means that you can healthily cope with your struggles and live your daily life. Then, we talked about different coping strategies they used, like going for a walk, working out, calling their loved ones, hanging out with friends, using a planner, etc. I wanted to give them as many coping strategies as possible and provide them with as many resources as possible to help them succeed. By the end of the lesson, each student identified the main stressor they deal with on a daily basis. This could be from the lesson, or one they came up with. They created their support network of people they know they can reach out to for support and picked one small habit to start implementing into their daily routine that will help them overcome this struggle.