These statistics seem to indicate that feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, lonely, and stressed are common among college-age students. As Kroger suggests, these feelings should be typical for people going through a transitional period of identities and development. Many students feel depressed and caught between several identities and stages of maturation, with the latter enforcing the former. Students are in a constant state of stress, disarray, and insecurity, and also tend to get little sleep, or feel rested after it. This period of time is highly demanding for students, asking them to be constantly engaged and almost never settled. It’s no wonder students feel as though they’ve felt exhausted (not from physical activity) over the last two weeks.