Protecting your mental health can’t be done by putting on a bulletproof vest.

Kevlar for the Mind, a program to teach students how to deal with stress, will run from 3 to 4 p.m. today in Adams Hall Room 404.

“I offer this once a semester,” said Sheryl Frye, assistant director of counseling for the office of support and advocacy. “I’ll talk about stress, stress response, progressive muscle relaxation, breathing and imagery techniques.”

Frye said she will also talk about anger management, which can be related to stress. Demonstrations on how these different techniques work will be provided.

Kevlar for the Mind got its name from what soldiers wear while in battle. Kevlar is a “super strong synthetic fiber made from crystalline,” according to a USA Today article.

“We call it ‘Kevlar for the Mind’ because we are reaching out to military students, but the event is really for all people,” Frye said.

Frye said stress can be positive and negative: It can be a beneficial motivator, but it also causes people to feel overwhelmed, eat unhealthy and lose sleep.

“Managing stress is a skill set,” Frye said. “There are ways to help ourselves reduce the emotional stress we get because of stress.”

Joy Wyatt, director of counseling services at Baldwin-Wallace College, said the amount of schoolwork college students have is one of the main reasons they feel overwhelmed.

“Sometimes they have not learned how to manage their time or they have not learned effective study skills, so they fall behind on their work,” Wyatt said.

Wyatt said some college students feel overwhelmed by the major they choose. Students who choose a major because they think it is what they should study based on their parent’s expectations or on making money may be more likely to feel overwhelmed, Wyatt said.