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Anxiety 1. Charles Dickens said it well: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” He could have been describing college life from a student’s perspective. A significant factor (因素)in this experience of “the worst of times” for many students is anxiety. Certainly, there’s no shortage of things to worry about. … … Consider the following issues: concern over which major to choose, fears about fitting in socially, worry about getting a job after graduation, test anxiety, concerns about performing well enough to be accepted into graduate school(研究生院), fear of flunking out, the anxiety and loneliness of having few friends, pressures and conflict（冲突，矛盾） at home, financial worries, and confusion （困惑，迷茫）over values, purposes, and the meaning of one’s life. To put it simply, there’s a lot going on... and a lot at stake（处于成败关头）. 2. Each person has his or her own unique ways of coping with （处理，对付）tension（紧张，不安）, worry, and anxiety. Many self-defeating coping strategies(策略)(for example, drinking too much, abusing other drugs, over-eating, or engaging in （参加，从事）other eating disorders （common on college campuses), getting angry and “going off” on roommates or friends, to name just a few) can be considered attempts (尝试)to cope with anxiety. … … It is important to understand that, even though such strategies are ultimately destructive, the individual utilizing them is rightfully concerned with（与。。有关，牵涉） trying to effectively manage his or her world as he or she experiences it at the moment. This need to control one’s emotional life is basic and the intent （意图，意向，目的）to do so should always be respected. However, learning more effective ways to cope with anxiety may be called for if what one is doing is not working, or is only working in the short run. 3. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, considered anxiety to be a signal that a person was experiencing something that in