Posts Tagged: anxiety

I’m happy to announce that I’ve just signed on as a “networking expert” with Campus Calm, a website that promises to help college students manage their stress and personal well-being. The site was founded by Maria Pascucci, a reformed “stressaholic and perfectionist,” who had the brilliant idea to provide a forum and tools for college students dealing with stress.

Check out my interview with Maria to learn more about Campus Calm and how it can help you:

Q: How did you come up with the idea for Campus Calm?

Maria: In 2001, I graduated summa cum laude from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. I had a double major, two minors and I worked both on and off campus. My resume was perfect, but I was a wreck. I was burnt out, battling anxiety induced health problems and a paralyzing uncertainty about my future. During my last final exam, I ran out of the classroom when my professor started handing out exam booklets, bolted for the nearest bathroom, locked myself in a stall and, for the first time in my life, had a full-blown panic attack.

Through counseling and soul-searching after graduation, I ditched my inner perfectionist. Now I’m on a mission: To spread a dose of “Campus Calm” to stressed-out students and recent college graduates world-wide so you don’t have to suffer needlessly like I did. (more…)