The emotional states we experience during a war are a normal reaction to abnormal events. Given the circumstances and realities of today, constant monitoring of news on social media gives a person the illusion of control and confidence that as long as you follow the latest news, bad events cannot take you by surprise. Thought-scrolling is the tendency to watch and read bad news, despite the fact that it depresses, upsets and demoralizes a person. They cannot influence events, but they can realize them, accept them, but react to the circumstances in their own way and get out of the stressful state in different ways.
 Trying to adapt to new realities and living conditions, our body goes through certain stages of stress, which depend on the level of body resistance; duration of stressor exposure; personal perception of the stressor; and adaptive flexibility.
 There are three stages of stress development: anxiety, increased general resistance (resilience) and exhaustion, which have their own manifestations and characteristics. A threatening situation, or even the expectation of such a situation, causes negative emotions, and awareness of the threat requires a person to mobilize all his or her strength to overcome the stress factor provoked by thought scrolling.
 Given the above, one would like to draw the attention of academic staff to the emotional state of students during martial law, as well as the role of instructors in the process of teaching and communicating with students in modern realities, in the context of war.
 Research and teaching staff of higher education institutions should take into account the fact that students, adapting to the new social and political realities of today, may feel emotionally unstable. The teacher should give hope and talk about values: their own, family, and life values. Communicate with the student from the point of view that hope is about the Light that conquers the darkness, despite pain and loss. And understanding this should be a motivation for the student to learn, move forward and overcome their fears, worries and troubles.
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