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<\/a>\u201cIt\u2019s something that exists in a lot of other colleges and universities, this notion of providing a day or several days, or even a week, in which students can decompress and de-stress, and focus on mental health and well-being,\u201d says Kelt.<\/p>\nKelt says that the focus is mainly on day-to-day things that impact students\u2019 lives and cause them stress; he says their message is \u201cdon\u2019t sweat the small stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aim of the event is to provide stress relief for students,\u201d says Kelt. \u201cNormally, it\u2019s closer to finals, when students are running out of student loans and running out of time to prepare themselves for final exams. It\u2019s an opportunity to provide these students with something that they can hopefully find some stress relief with. We can\u2019t do much about exams, and we can\u2019t do much about the stress of your student loans, but we can at least provide opportunities for people to acknowledge their stress, and try and do something about the things they can manage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although the event\u2014which will feature therapy animals, free pancakes, and tai chi, among other things\u2014is held to address all of life\u2019s various stressful predicaments, it also addresses mental-health issues that may very well be plaguing students.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll have people speaking about mental-health awareness,\u201d says Kelt, \u201cas well as some workshops dealing with not only mental-health awareness but how to deal with everyday life\u2019s stresses.\u201d<\/p>\n