I am a university student. For the last 4 years, I’ve been studying in an international university in my home country. It’s a good place with academically excellent people but it’s a place that can cause stress to some type of students. Most of the lecturers are excellent but they really don’t know how to teach and interact with their students properly. I live among those people and the problem seems to be quite a pattern among us. Being the happy person that I am isn’t enough to prevent the stress outbreak from infecting me. So, after the second semester of the 2008/2009 session, I took a break for 3 months to stay at home. At first I don’t think that it is a good idea to skip a semester since I would be delaying my study plans and graduating time. After a month, it turns out that it really is a good decision. My stress, migraine and fatigue are gone, I’m having a wonderful time at home with my family. Helping out my family business and taking care of them are actually a good therapy for stress. Thinking about it makes me realize that being with your loved ones is probably the best and free therapy for a lot of things. Don’t be afraid of the thought of missing things in your life for the sake of being with the people you love. It really is worth it. It’s a suggestion, if it works for me, I’m sure it would do something good for you too.