Teens and Stress

Stress- a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. Everyone has had stress at some point of their lives, but how much stress is to much stress? According to the website, Teachhealth.com, about 10% of the American population suffers from low stress tolerance, causing the to be overstressed. Teens have nave no exception to this low stress tolerance they have to worry about their homework, tests, peers, friends, family, drugs, stress, looking the right way, sports, and other after school activities. Doctors say that some stress is normal without stress people would never get anything done,but how can students prevent stress.


Today their is so much pressure fot teenagers to be perfect. Child psychologist Michelle Kees PH.D.,from the University of Michigan, says that the last 15 years or so have seen an explosion in the number of activities available to kids of all ages, and in the pressure to get involved in as many as possible. Parents have gone along, because they want to help kids develop their talents, build new skills, and eventually succeed in getting into college or finding a rewarding job. When there is too much stress in our lives it can lead to, pain of any kind, heart disease ,Digestive problems ,sleep problems, depression ,obesity, autoimmune diseases, and skin conditions, such as eczema. If you think your stressed out somes signs of stress are increased physical illness (headaches, stomachaches, muscle pains, chronic fatigue), "shutting down" and withdrawal from people and activities , increased anger or irritable lashing out at others , increased tearfulness and feelings of hopelessness , chronic feelings of worry and nervousness , difficulty sleeping and eating , and difficulty concentrating.

Although, stress is both bad and gone being overstressed is easily preventable. To reduce stress you can take deep breaths and just relax, relaw your muscles, set small goals and breaking tasks into smaller manageable chunks, exercising and eating regular meals, rehearse and practice feared situations, Talking about problems with others that can help, schedulebreaks and enjoyable activities, such as music, art, sports, socializing, and finally just be happy with yourself because nobody's perfect.