How to manage the stress of college life?

Ian was rolling around in his bed when Smith came into the room and found him in agony. Smith exclaimed, “What’s up with you, my dear friend? I waited for a long time at the party for you. promised me you’d come and you are still here? I had to leave early for you. Get up and let me help you get dressed. There’s still some time and I think you can still have a good time.”

Ian didn’t move, it looked as if he was numb and there were some cotton stuck in his ears. Smith moved towards him and patted him on the back just to find him filled with tears and red eyes. He instantly grabbed him and tried to hug him. “Hey man, what’s it with these red eyes and all the tears? I told you to take it easy. Things like these happen. I too failed in chemistry last fall and see, here I am, still upright and moving along.” He said.

Ian responded for the first time by lifting an eyebrow, he replied, “You don’t understand Smith, I can’t take this anymore. I am literally fed up and just want to get out of here. This is not the first time I have felt completely hopeless. I can’t attempt the mathematics paper all over again. I just can’t...”

Smith interrupted and wiped his tears, “You need to shut up and listen okay? I am taking out your pressed clothes and we will deal with this situation tomorrow. Okay?”

Ian resisted, but after a lot of insisting Smith forced him to attend the party. They both had a reasonably good time and Ian became a lot more alive and active than he was whilst in the room. They returned to their college room late and slept as soon as they did.

The next morning Ian woke up to a warm breakfast and coffee present on his blanket. Smith ordered breakfast for him from the local café and they both enjoyed the food. Ian took a bath and came back to find Smith on the study table with the books. He then started a lecture that would turn the fate of Ian’s life, he said, “Ian, you are a spectacular person. I wouldn’t be saying this if you weren’t and I wouldn’t be spending all the time with you if you weren’t. They say that hope is the last thing you lose and it’s true, my friend. You need to get back in shape and real quick. I will make sure that you attend all the lectures now and I will study along with you and we will get through this together. You don’t need to worry about your academic writing assignments as I would just take care of them for you. Just buckle up and let’s do this together. Here are all the books that you need.”

Ian was rejuvenated, he thanked Smith and started spending all the time studying, with Smith always there to cheer him up.