College stress is very real and impacts the life and coping strategies of myself and those around me. However, my friends in general, myself, and one specific friend, took very different approaches. Most of my friends have become very sociable and friendly and engage in behaviors that encourage getting social support from famous friends. One friend in particular, however, consistently engaged in behaviors that sought to gain similar social support from a party. I, on the other hand, have started to relate more closely to my family, much more than when I lived with them. These differences in social strategies can help show the differences between our well-being and social instincts and provide suggestions on how to improve oneself through better social behaviors. Returning to the example of the vast majority of my friends, relying on close friendships and their support seems to be very beneficial. I see nothing but positivity in my friends, even when they struggle with homework, and in their free time, their door is always open for anyone to visit and hang out with. Very often they also try to organize activities, like going to the movies or coordinating dinner plans, which helps make everyone feel part of a larger group, at least in my experience. This coincides with the data provided to us in the paper titled: “Coping Mechanisms, Stress, Social Support, and Health Problems in College Students,” as my friends have hardly been sick for more than a few days total since starting college and I'm generally happy and outgoing, which seems to be quite healthy compared to another friend, which we'll talk about in the next paragraph. Their high…paper center…usually only adds to their stress. Using myself as an example, my relationship with my family increased my perceived social support enough to have a noticeable change in stress. These observations show that the relationships shown in the paper mentioned before, “Coping Mechanisms, Stress, Social Support, and Health Problems in College Students,” can be seen in real life, and that the lesson they teach should also be applied to anyone who prefers engaging in the high-risk coping strategies they emphasized in drug use and high-risk sexual behavior. College students, and people in general, should focus on maintaining happy, healthy relationships with compatible friends and their family, rather than pursuing the perceived social support associated with alcohol and the "party scene" in general, which it is largely illusory in nature..