Axe ’Em, Jacks!
Take care of one's body
- Regular physical activity
- Medical awareness and disease prevention
- Dietary intake and food security
- Adequate sleep
- Safe habits
- Making positive choices
Areas of concern and available resources
Accessibility
Concerns may include:
- ADA entrance/exit issues
- accommodations for an event
- and campus accessibility.
Anxiety
Concerns may include:
- excessive worry about minor or major things
- sudden feelings of panic or fear
- feeling nervous or agitated
- and racing pulse, sweaty palms or shaky hands.
Assault
See also: Sexual Assault
Concerns may include:
- having been physically assaulted
- wanting to know what resources are available to you
- and wanting to report the incident or discuss your options.
Body image
Concerns may include:
- continual unhappiness with physical appearance
- thinking or saying critical comments about your body
- frequent comparison of your body to others
- and scrutinizing yourself in the mirror or avoiding looking into a mirror.
Can't go home for break
Concerns may include:
- not knowing where to go during break
- wondering what other housing opportunities are available during break
- feeling worried about going home
- not being able to afford to go home
- distance is too far to go home
- and wondering about short-term housing options.
Feeling ill
Concerns may include:
- availability of a doctor
- health clinic location and options
- no one to ask for help
- and missed classes and exams due to long-term illness.
Food insecurity
Concerns may include:
- lack of food
- not being able to afford food
- and no access to nutritious foods.
Hazing
Concerns may include:
- questions about hazing and what constitutes hazing
- thinking you may be hazed or treated unfairly by a group with which you are involved
- and wondering whether what is expected of you is appropriate or inappropriate.
LGBTQIA+ support
Concerns may include:
- uncertainty about where to seek support as a sexual minority
- questions about LGBTQIA+ issues
- and the inability to find a welcoming atmosphere.
Pregnancy
Concerns may include:
- needing support while pregnant
- and needing accommodations while pregnant.
Sexual assault
Concerns may include:
- you have been sexually assaulted, recently or in the past, and want to talk to someone about your options
- you want to process a sexual assault
- feeling powerless, scared or numb
- being in denial or blaming yourself
- and being unable to sleep or having flashbacks of the assault.
Sexually transmitted infection
Concerns may include:
- questions about whether you have a sexually transmitted disease or infection
- needing more information about preventing sexually transmitted disease or infection
- accessing condoms
- and information about getting tested for sexually transmitted disease or infection.
Stalking
Concerns may include:
- fear that you are being stalked by someone you know or someone you do not know
- receipt of concerning information that leads you to believe you are being stalked
- and wondering how you can get protection from someone you believe is stalking you.