Anxiety And Stress: How Much Does Therapy Cost?

Many people struggle in school, work, and personal life because of mental illnesses. But not many of them get treatment and continue to struggle in their daily lives. Studies show that it is not uncommon for people with anxiety to also develop depression. There needs to be a way help those people better. As a result of anxiety and stress going untreated, many people struggle in their daily lives, therefore school should start later so that students can get more sleep in order to have less anxiety and stress throughout the day.
Mental illness is defined as a disorder that affects people’s mood, thinking and behavior. Anyone can develop a mental illness. A few signs are confused thinking, social withdrawal, feelings of extreme highs and lows.
that are suffering from anxiety, depression, or stress, but many of those people don’t get the help they need. Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the U.S. (Facts & Statistics. Paragraph 1) It affects about 40 million people (Facts & Statistics. Paragraph 1). Anxiety and stress are very treatable but only about one in three of those affected receive treatment(Facts & Statistics. Paragraph 2).
Therapy and medication to solve these illnesses could potentially have a very high cost. One session of therapy could cost up to $300 (How Much Does Therapy Cost? Paragraph 2). Many people will not want to go get help if it is going to cost so much for them. If people’s insurance does cover it, it is very likely it will only cover a couple of sessions. Most people won’t want to go a couple of times, start to get better, and then have the help suddenly stop.
One way to relieve anxiety and stress is to get good sleep (Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress). One way to do that is to sleep for longer periods of time. Another way is to sleep without being interrupted by an alarm. If school started later people would be able to get up on their own and not be late for
If school started later there would have more time to make a good nutritious breakfast. More time to make food that would fuel their body throughout the day. People could take their time to eat instead of feeling rushed to get it all down. When people feel rushed they have a better chance of feeling stressed or getting anxiety about the day ahead of them.
Many people do not go to bed at a reasonable time so, school should start later to allow the students to get reasonable sleep. Students go to bed later having to get up at five or six and not getting the correct amount of sleep. Teenagers bodies are wired to be tired at a later time. Therefore it should start later to allow the students to come to school mentally and physically