The student scholarship holders of the Hastor Foundation held an online meeting this month, on July 23, 2021, and they had a chance to hear about an important topic presented to them by our scholarship holder Said Kamenica. The topic is related to anxiety and how to overcome it. Today, everyone is, more or less, exposed to stress that can be directly connected to anxiety, which makes this topic important and significant.
The Hastor Foundation’s director, Seid Fijuljanin, started the monthly online meeting by speaking to student scholarship holders and reminding everyone about the Foundation’s development from its foundation until today. Starting with 304 scholarship holders in 2006, the Hastor Foundation has, until today, reached an impressive number of 2207 scholarship holders who benefit the local community and the entire Bosnia and Herzegovina with their volunteering activities. The Foundation’s director pointed out that the number of scholarship holders will continue to grow and that we’re really looking forward to new forces that will make our family proud and happy.
After the director’s speech, this month’s meeting continued with a lecture held by the scholarship holder Said Kamenica. In the beginning, Said asked the scholarship holders how familiar they are with the term anxiety. Since there were several psychology students among the scholarship holders at the meeting, we arrived at the term’s definition shortly, along with their opinions on the topic. After that, we engaged in a quality discussion about the topic that we can, unfortunately, struggle with ourselves at any point in life. The beginning of school, exams, public performance, moving homes, are just some causes of stress among the youth, and it’s really come to the spotlight during the pandemic. Said explained to us the various types of anxiety disorders in details, as well as the best ways to overcome them. Even though each individual is different and there is no universal cure to anxiety, our lecturer Said still managed to give us advice to decrease stress, such as spending time in nature, regular physical activity, meditation, self-reflection, and decreased caffeine usage. Scholarship holders talked about their experiences with stress during exams and the ways they deal with stress and trauma.
We finished the meeting with additional advice to fight anxiety and we gave nice virtual byes until our next student scholarship holder meeting. Time flies with student scholarships holders, and we’re awaiting the next meeting with joy and impatience.
Prepared by: Aleksandra Đukić
Translated by: Vedin Klovo
