Decode the stress, loneliness of college students

To help students relieve stress in their studies, universities have introduced many unexpected regulations such as: Allowing students to own animals "supporting emotions" , opening meditation rooms, playing ball houses .

Specifically, a freshman from Washington State University brought a 43kg pig to his room and Yale students brought a porcupine to school. Many schools have also opened meditation rooms for students who need quiet places to relieve stress, even build ball houses for those in need.

This puppy is attracted to Georgia University of Technology, USA.

Critics have spoken about this phenomenon, claiming that students today are really being pampered. However, they do not see through the fact that many students are under a lot of pressure: Tuition, living expenses increase, learning force constantly and stress from the family. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the second leading cause of death for Americans aged 15-24.

As a professor from the University of Georgia and advising many student groups, Mr. John A. Knox said the decline in mental health of students has become the current ominous trend.

According to Professor John A. Knox, young people today are more unhappy than previous generations. Specifically, in a new survey of more than 20,000 Americans published last week by Cigna (a global health insurance company), many people say that they are very lonely. Adults aged 18-22 have a higher number of loneliness than retirees in the survey.

After a survey of 137,456 freshmen, the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute has announced that up to 11.9% of respondents said they "often" felt depressed over the past year; More than 30% said they had a feeling of unrest and anxiety.

The big question is why, so insecure?

College students are lonely because they grow up with the development of media.

After questioning educators and parents, the expert received the following answers.

1. University students are lonely because they grow up with the development of media. Whether they use it or not but throughout the years of character formation, it has a huge impact on the society they live in and how people interact with each other. Social networks and the internet make people think that everyone has a better life than me. This makes young people isolate themselves.
2. Loneliness can also stem from the fact that parents do too much for their children without letting them do it on their own, leading to loneliness in independence. Because many children from small to large go with their parents on long trips, so when there are no parents, they feel lonely.
3. Because children grow up in an affectionate family, sticking and loneliness when going to university far away is hard to avoid.
4. Parents have insecure jobs, economic instability that makes their children feel financially unsafe, leading to confidence and loneliness.