Jeanelle Cruz

Health 44

June 10, 2017

Project 3

This case is about a student named Katya who is a freshman with a GPA of 3.0. She is a

hardworking student who keeps up with her studies. However, she is experiencing extreme

anxiety and low confidence before a test because she is afraid of losing her scholarship. She

believes her efforts will not make a difference in her tests. In order to keep her scholarship, she

has to have a good GPA by the end of the semester. Due to the regular anxiety she constantly had

it has made Katya feel even worse and made her have a panic attack while she was studying. The

chemistry exam will be in a couple of days and Katya needs someone to help her with her

situation.

As a student I constantly struggle with anxiety. I am always worried about grades,

deadlines, and projects. I recently missed a deadline from the school I was planning on attending

this fall. Due to everything I had in my mind and final projects I had to finish, I didnt keep track

with my application. I was extremely devastated, my anxiety kicked in and I broke down

completely. Universities have strict requirements and dont have any exceptions. Due to this

many students like Katya and a myself struggle with anxiety to try to meet every requirement.

On top of school, students still have to keep up with family responsibilities, personal life,

extracurricular activities, and work. All these responsibilities pile up and make students feel

overwhelmed, unmotivated, and feel like anything they do will not be good enough. This the

feeling Katya is feeling. She is extremely overwhelmed and feels nothing shell do will be good

enough.
 Few of the things Katya can do is talk to a counselor, friends, or family. Someone that

will reassure her everything will be okay and that we dont have to put too much stress on

something that can be fixed. If she studies and tries hard her scholarship would remain, and if

she fails one test is not the end of the world. There will be other scholarship she can apply to. In

my situation with my application, I was able to talk to some people that helped me cope with my

problem. They helped me see that no matter how long I take to finish school; the main goal is to

finish. If she is too afraid to go to a person to talk to, there is also other alternatives like finding

someone to talk to or help her online. For example, the academic journal Therapist-assisted,

online (TAO) intervention for anxiety in college students: TAO outperformed treatment as

usual, talks about a program called Therapist Assistance Online TAO, which is a 7-week

treatment to help beat anxiety. This program uses tools online in order to reduce college

students anxiety; this is achieved by having therapist communicate constantly with their patients

via phone calls, chat, or video communications. This program can really help people like Katya

who struggle with anxiety due to school work and family problems. If she feels uncomfortable

talking to a person face to face this can really be an alternative. Katya can also try making some

time to exercise, because exercise is something that help reduce anxiety (Mulpeter).

I believe everyone should get professional help not just people with mental problems. It

is really helpful to find someone to talk to and let everything out. Sometimes we dont trust our

friends enough to talk about personal problems because we are afraid of judgment. For this

reason, seeking help is necessary. Katya can seek professional help not just for anxiety about

school but as well any other personal problem she might have. We as well need to learn to see

every problem as a lesson. If something went wrong because of the way you handled it, now we

can learn to change the way we handle if we come across the problem again.
 References

Benton, S. A., Heesacker, M., Snowden, S. J., & Lee, G. (2016). Therapist-assisted, online

(TAO) intervention for anxiety in college students: TAO outperformed treatment as

usual. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 47(5), 363-371.

Mulpeter, K. (n.d.). These Are the Best Exercises for Anxiety and Depression. Retrieved June

10, 2017.