Identity Poem - Smiley Baby

Intro music 
ME: Hi, my name is Yvette Otieno, and, in this podcast, I will be discussing how college students manage their stress and mental health while maintaining good grades and active social life. I personally have not taken any time for my mental health at all because I don't really think about it and when I'm stressed, I tend to sleep it off because that's how I've always managed stressful situations
ME: I know that this is not a healthy way to deal with stress and my mental health but have not taken the time to learn about any other ways to deal with them and so by doing this podcast. Hope to not only help myself learn about effective ways to manage my stress and mental health, but I also hope that others will be informed about ways that they can also manage their mental health and stress as well.
ME: I know I manage my stress by sleeping. I wanted to see how my peers handle. There's here are a few of the interviews that I got. 
JOURDAN: What do you do when you're stressed when I'm stressed? I listen to music and I write my feelings down. 
ADID: What do you do when you're stressed? When I'm stressed, I tend to shut down I usually try to sleep it off and take a nap. 
DANELLIE: What do you do when you're stressed when I'm stressed. I like to go work out and relieve my stress through that. I also like to shop. 
JUMMY: How do you manage your stress? This semester to be very honest with you the way I've been getting over stress is actually going to part because that actually gets my mind off of school like the weekdays, I'm going crazy over school, the weekend, which is Friday night and Saturday night just those two nights. That's it. I go out partying. 
HANNAH: How do you manage your stress? I take my mind off the thing that's stressing me out. So almost time. I'll just avoid my homework and I'll take naps watch Netflix most of the time it's friends or new girls something that put me in a happy mood and I'll read books
LEXIE: How do you manage your stress? I manage my stress by taking a break and watching Netflix something that requires like thinking. 
VERONICA: How do you manage your stress? I think managing stress and college is like very difficult. But I think the best way to do is just like take time for yourself and decompressed whether it's like doing yoga or taking a nap or just watching Netflix or something I just think it's important to like take your mind off of the thing. That's making you stressed.  
Background music: https://yondomusic.beatstars.com/beat/morning-sun-1497326?autoplay=yes%3Fautoplay%3Dyes
Tik tok sound: http://soundbible.com/1258-Tick-Tock.html
Research: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527955/
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/09/numbers.aspx
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/campus-mental-health-crisis-health-centers-student-needs/
https://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/a23689917/mental-health-college-campus-thrive-global-arianna-huffington/
I would like to thank Jourdan, Adia, Veronica, Danellie, Jummy, Hannah, Lexie for letting me interview them

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