You’re not crazy, it just feels that way

Justin Meisch

April, the cruelest month, is coming! Taxes. The tantalizing summer tease called Spring Break. Midterms. March is leaving and the stretch run is upon us.

Information overload. Circuits are bursting, bloodshot eyes are bulging–all the makings of A Case of the Mondays. Feeling anxious, depressed, or having issues with a girlfriend? Maybe world events have you down. Stop by Psych Services in the Health Center.

Listen up Freshmen. College is a huge adjustment, but everything will be okay. If you hit a bump in the road, Psych Services can straighten you out. And for all you three-year GE junkies without a major on the verge of a nervous breakdown, no sweat. Sac State officials want you to graduate, too.

Psych Services is here to help. You can drop-in on a first come, first served basis. If you?re falling into a dark cloud of depression, or fear you?re having one too many drinks each weekend, then Psych Services is the place to be.

Also, the tension on campus and in the classroom is evident. We are at war–but is CSUS in danger? Should students begin assuming crash positions during lectures? These war jitters are spreading through campus like the common flu. Questions? Concerns? Psych Services can help with “talk therapy.”

You don?t have to be a Psycho Axe Murderer to use Psych Services. We all feel like life is kicking our butts sometimes. Besides, anxiety and college are synonymous. You don?t have to have a nervous breakdown because you failed a government exam. And if you find yourself buying diapers and fifty dollar baby shoes instead of binder paper and pencils, don?t freak out.

Freaking out is not the answer.

Psych Services is a positive program. It?s a useful tool that you can use to cope with the day-to-day problems that arise when college and society merge on campus.

If they can?t help you–they will send you to someone who can. Sometimes, other services on campus are a better fit. Fearful students spend loads of money each year without a clue as to what job they will get afterward. Psych Services help clear a student?s minds and send them along to the Career Center for more advice.

Every student becomes overwhelmed at some point. Relationships become dramatic. Drinking can lead to alcoholism–and everyone can feel the effects of a Monday from Hell.

The last thing CSUS campus needs are chaotic students walking around in trench coats on the brink of destruction because they failed Chemistry for the third time. If your boyfriend is cheating on you with your best friend… well that sucks, but you don?t have to bear the burden alone. Psych Services can help.

It seems like students are slammed by endless propaganda these days. Discussions over coffee in the Union, war protests outside the Library, or someone handing out pocket-sized bibles on your way to Math class. It?s evident everywhere. Next thing you know is you think you?re under attack in your classroom.

Whoa there, Huckleberry–weren?t we supposed to be the ones dropping bombs on someone else? Need some answers? No matter the issue or question, Psych Services can be of use.

If the light bulb’s dimming upstairs and confusion is setting in, stop on by. Psych Services looks to clear things up and provide help. They can?t change your D+ on an exam, and they cannot diagnose you with a sleeping disorder explaining why you missed three weeks worth of lecture.

The Health Center, where Psych Services is located, is just like the library. It?s there, but most students never set a foot in it. Show up. See what happens. April can be peaceful, no matter what CNN says. So if your mind begins to wander, the circuits begin to burst, and freaking out is only logical conclusion–calm down–it?s just one of those days.

You?re not crazy. Just stop by Psych Services and they?ll help you see that.

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