Handling Teenage Stress The Right Way

By Kasey F. Hunsicker

Stress is the way the body and the mind react when life changes in any way. Adolescence is a period of many changes, including social, physical, emotional, and educational changes. During this period, youths are more stressed than at any other time of their life.

There are several causes of teenage stress that include school demands, bodily changes, high expectations of self, being bullied, peer pressure and career decisions. Other less common causes include learning disabilities, family fiscal issues, divorced fogeys, difficulty making friends and end of relationships.

Teenagers need to handle stress effectively since it can lead to a variety of issues. The common issues include health issues, anxiety, depression, nervousness, difficulty in concentrating and issues in sleeping and eating. In any of these conditions, the teenager may require professional help. It can also cause social withdrawal and violent behavior. Many kids lose their ability to cope with daily stress and life sometimes. Many even go on to commit suicide.

Thus, it becomes important that stress in adolescence be managed efficiently. One of he most crucial steps to deal with teenage stress is handling time. If you organize your time properly, you will be able to allocate time for numerous activities such as studies, play, tuitions, additional classes and so on. This can help reduce stress.

Dividing your overall jobs into smaller jobs that can be easily finished is another way to combat stress. When organizing your jobs, only focus on activities that you have control over. Pondering on things that are outside your control will only drain your energy and make you stressed.

Eating a healthy diet coupled with exercise can also help deal with stress. You need to also reduce your caffeine intake. Alcohol and drugs attribute to stress so make sure you keep away from them.

Many youths are not able to express their feelings or talk publically is a large gathering. Think about such scenarios that stress you out and practice your way out of them. If you do not express your thoughts, you would be left utterly stressed. You have to learn to express your thoughts. You can do so thru diverse means, such as talking with friends or teachers, writing, music and alike.

Do not luxuriate in negative thoughts- replace the negative self-talk about yourself by positive or neutral thoughts. "My life has become worse forever" can get replaced by "I am in the dumps at this time, but things are not going to be the same forever if I seek help".

Self acceptance is the key to stress management during teenage. Often the teenagers suffer from inferiority complex and think that they lack in certain things. But, the reality is that no one is ideal and you have to accept this fact about yourself too! However, if regular methods of anxiety control fail to help then to seek guidance from a health care professional is the best choice available.

So, have faith in yourself and you will overcome all the hurdles. in yourself and you are unable to cope up with stress even after using these common stress managements techniques then opt for professional aid.

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