Hello. I do meditation. When I can't sleep I use a sleeping pill.

I dedicate some time to myself, I get involved in an activity that keeps my mind busy (I take my camera and start taking pictures of nature).

When I was studying in college i used to study in a place that was quiet, and I'd take "mind breaks" every hour or two, depending on the amount of study work I had.

I hope this helps.

I've been looking into meditation. It seems like something that would help immensely. My classes require very little studying, fortunately enough. But they're still quite stressful. And nature is a definite escape for me. I've just had very little time to get out of the house as of late. Thank you for your input! I'll give meditation a shot in the coming days.

I can so relate to this post. Really wishing you the best of health during these draining, demanding times, CJAngel.

Something that's helped me immensely in the past has been yoga. It's good for your mind and your body, which in turn is good, again, for your mind :) The great thing about it is, whether you want relaxing, low-impact meditation or challenging poses to really take your mind off of things, you can pick and choose what you like best. This also helped with my headaches and sleeplessness - now that I think about it, why did I ever stop...?

Anyway, I hope this helps even a little. Good luck with the rest of your schooling!

Quick and easy and it works:

Breathe in through the nose: Count to 4
Hold: Count to 7
Breathe out, with the tip of your tongue pressed against the front of the roof of your mouth: Count to 8

I didn't watch the video - it may be updated.

I do this every day. Hope you find it useful.

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/VDR00112/The-4-7-8-Breath-Benefits-and-Demonstration.html

I get massages.

Sleep, exercise, sex.

Exercise is particularly useful. When you can't sleep, physically push yourself to exhaustion. You'll sleep like a log, guaranteed.

I Do puzzles ^^ anything to keep my mind busy.

I use aroma therapy quite often; use whichever light scent you prefer and burn it while you take a short study break or when you meditate.

I use Passionflower. It's an herbal supplement that calms racing thoughts without making you drowsy. It's been a god send for my anxiety. I'm also very fond of nature sound MP3s because I tend to get sensory overload, so replacing environmental noise with quiet natural ambiance tends to help me calm down.

Hello there. New here. :D

You need to find some--and trust me on this--music that gives you goosebumps. Whenever you come across a song that does that to you when the singer hits that chorus or whatever it is that does it that sends those shivers down your body, make a note of it, or if it's already on your computer, CD, MP3 player, phone, add it to a special playlist. EVERY TIME you come across one. No matter what genre, be open. Give up any stigmas toward any genre; if it does that one thing to give you that chill add it, take note of the artist and song, whatever you gotta do. You'll end up with a nice little playlist. Then when you are feeling stressed you take that playlist and hit shuffle and let yourself get into the groove. I am telling you it is thee best thing ever for stress!