Ordinary students get stressed out from living normal lives.  And they’re ordinary students.  So, what if you’re a scholar?  Double that stress. 

Mild stress is good for studying.  When stressed, the body releases the fight or flight enzymes and the presence of just a little of these substances make you more alert and analytical. Naturally, you become better at answering both oral and written examinations for instance.

However, with moderate and severe stress, your body responds with conditions such as elevated blood pressure, increased heart rate, and faster to cope.  These conditions when experienced frequently could cause your body to compensate and thus becomes prone to diseases of the heart or the kidneys etc.  These all come from the  simple stress.  Here are ways for students to lessen stress:

1. Keep yourself happy.  Refrain from associating with people who you do not feel good with.
2. Find time to laugh.  When you laugh, you introduce oxygen to your brain which is therapeutic for it.  Laugh during an exam because it helps you remember things too which lessens your anxiety.
3. Eat the right kind of food.  Junk food will only lessen the oxygen that goes to your brain. 
4. Do not forget to take a leisure time.  Recreation temporarily keeps your mind off what you have to do and eventually gives you more energy to do your tasks.
5. Sleep right.  When you don’t have enough sleep, your body is not able to rest and repair itself.  Thus, when you wake up, you feel nasty.
6. Divide a big task into small, workable portions and keep track of your achievements.  When you do this, you feel that you have actually achieved something each time you finish a portion. 
7. Give yourself a reward for accomplishing things.  If you’re able to finish your project on your expected time, you may give yourself more time to sleep or maybe buy a piece of chocolate, etc…
8. When studying, find a place and time which will allow you to study without distractions.  When you do this, you spend less time studying and more time resting.
9. Do some exercise regularly.  It will relieve tension.
10. Study your notes.  There is nothing more stressful than actually hearing you had a low grade as a result of not studying.  And of course, you get jittery when your science teacher comes into the room because you’re unprepared for a surprise quiz (which was probably announced the day before anyway.  Hah!).

These things are not fool proof.  But with the right attitude, enough rest, proper diet and loads of prayers you’ll find that being a scholar is really great.