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Feeling down, irritable, or unmotivated is something we all experience from time to time as we experience life…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/recognising-depression" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/Depression.jpg?h=3232c9ec&itok=aV3tgeig" width="920" height="518" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/recognising-depression" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/when-tragedy-strikes" hreflang="en">When tragedy strikes</a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">All of us might want our own lives and the lives of others to be relatively settled. However, there are times when unexpected tragedies or crises occur in the lives of our friends or acquaintances,…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/when-tragedy-strikes" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/sad.jpg?h=97023e6a&itok=y7tOhyaK" width="920" height="518" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/when-tragedy-strikes" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/how-to-stay-socially-connected" hreflang="en">How to stay socially connected</a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">There is no doubt this year has started off on a challenging note for everyone, but challenges build resilience and help us grow. Now, more than ever, we need to make an effort to stay…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/how-to-stay-socially-connected" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/19348905778_aa47f7f274_b.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=L2jF1VFC" width="920" height="518" alt="Creek reflection at ANU Campus" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/how-to-stay-socially-connected" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/loneliness-and-making-friends" hreflang="en">Loneliness and making friends</a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">Check out the ANU Thrive events page for a range of interesting and engaging events, including opportunities to meet others and make connections. What is loneliness? Loneliness is a feeling of…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/loneliness-and-making-friends" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/loneliness.jpg?h=b47c4aec&itok=ahO7fR4q" width="920" height="518" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/loneliness-and-making-friends" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/obtaining-your-covid-19-digital-certificate" hreflang="en">Obtaining your COVID-19 Digital Certificate </a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">If you received a TGA-approved COVID-19 vaccine overseas, you can register your vaccination when you return to Australia. 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These may be study-related, personal or a combination of both.From programs not suiting your interest, financial difficulties,…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/considered-withdrawing-from-studies" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/stress.jpg?h=e009a64d&itok=ugLTz1FP" width="920" height="518" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/considered-withdrawing-from-studies" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/adjusting-to-life-in-a-foreign-country" hreflang="en">Adjusting to life in a foreign country</a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">It can be exciting and rewarding to travel to a new country in order to study. Whether you are adjusting to life in Australia as an international student or about to embark on an exchange, short…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/adjusting-to-life-in-a-foreign-country" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/travelling.jpg?h=d596dc8c&itok=9xmi6W-G" width="920" height="518" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/adjusting-to-life-in-a-foreign-country" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/break-ups" hreflang="en">Break-ups</a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">The end of a relationship can be difficult. The decision to break up with a partner is a hard one to make, and can be even harder if you are the one who is broken up with. Read on for useful…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/break-ups" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/break%2520up.jpg?h=461bfdb0&itok=9WiUH7i4" width="920" height="518" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/break-ups" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/exam-anxiety" hreflang="en">Exam anxiety</a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">Are you interested in a workshop designed to enhance your understanding of stress, worry, and anxiety, offering practical tips too? Check out the ANU Thrive events page for free, in-person or virtual…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/exam-anxiety" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/exam%2520anxiety.jpg?h=e009a64d&itok=xqVB7XJE" width="920" height="518" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/exam-anxiety" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/managing-moods" hreflang="en">Managing moods</a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">Remember, all people go through periods of 'moodiness' from time to time. This might mean you feel irritable, frustrated, gloomy or sad. You might not feel low all the time, but fluctuate…</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 col-12"><div class="mb-2"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/managing-moods" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/anu_double_narrow_16_9/public/guidance/images/Mood.jpg?h=97023e6a&itok=aLfcgxzP" width="920" height="518" /></a></div></div><div class="text-left nounderline"><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/managing-moods" hreflang="en">Read more »</a></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12"><div class="divider-solid mb-2"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div class="col-12"><div class="pb-2"><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><h3><a href="/students/health-safety-wellbeing/feeling-well/mindfulness" hreflang="en">Mindfulness</a></h3></div><div class="col"><div class="mb-2"><p class="m-0">Mindfulness is borrowed from the traditional meditation practice but not in the sense that we may expect. 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