{"id":6997,"date":"2022-02-28T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=6997"},"modified":"2025-08-24T12:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:20:58","slug":"how-does-covid-19-affect-students-overall-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2022\/02\/28\/how-does-covid-19-affect-students-overall-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does COVID-19 Affect Students\u2019 Overall Mental Health?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTo be the best, overcome the worst,\u201d longtime Arrow TV character Sara Lance said. Many have reported that living in the middle of a worldwide outbreak has been a challenge. A lot of students suffer from mental health issues. A significant number who are in college feel their experience has changed, \u201cMy experience has been so much harder and less fun. Last year, the dining hall did not exist.\u00a0 We were not allowed to visit other students. This really affected my ability to form new friendships,\u201d driven college student Kate Kemper said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is hard to deal with the feelings of stress and worry caused by COVID. \u201cIt\u2019s stressful because some people aren\u2019t mindful. They don\u2019t care. They could bring it into public areas. It\u2019s affected my mental health by adding to the stress I have to deal with daily. I have been nervous around people as well,\u201d current Tractor Supply Co. employee Evan Philbrook said. Every day brings a new level of stress. This causes feelings of anxiety. \u201cMy well-being has lessened over the course of college. The worry about getting myself or my friends sick has really weighed on me and every decision I make. My choice to attend an event causes stress and doubt. I cannot go over to a friend\u2019s apartment for a relaxed night of board games without having to weigh the risks,\u201d\u00a0 Kemper said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This disease has brought questions of what a new normal looks like. It has brought more feelings of worry than hope. \u201cIt\u2019s made life stressful because people have been getting worse and its scary!\u201d\u00a0 Philbrook said. These feelings of constant worry in life have had an impact. \u201cYes, I think my mental health relies on my social life and friends. My mental health and support system have been affected,\u201d Kemper said. A new life with COVID has left students feeling exhausted. Their mental health and overall well-being is being influenced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With good reason, many who are in college feel that their way of learning has been affected. \u201cCOVID has affected my ability to learn. In changing it from in-person to virtual, it has been hard. I can learn through virtual learning, but it is difficult. I become distracted. In a classroom environment,\u00a0 I am more focused,\u201d\u00a0 Kemper said. This is true for many. The feelings of frustration rise as virtual learning is taking over. These students mental health is further influenced by this. They feel many emotions, but are excited for the world to return to normal, hopefully, sometime in the near future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTo be the best, overcome the worst,\u201d longtime Arrow TV character Sara Lance said. Many have reported that living in the middle of a worldwide outbreak has been a challenge. A lot of students suffer from mental health issues. A significant number who are in college feel their experience has changed, \u201cMy experience has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8197,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6997\/revisions\/8197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}