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Vishal
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#1 · Posted: 10 May 2007 00:45
Stress isn't only experienced by adults. Teenagers can also experience serious cases of stress that is caused by more than overactive hormones and an acne breakout. In fact, serious cases of personal stress can result in physical, emotional and/or behavioral changes, eating disorders, depression, and in extreme cases, suicide.
Most teenagers do not know what initially causes their stress, and may not be aware that what they are experiencing is stress, or not know how to treat it. Moreover, many teens are not aware what can happen to their health and wellbeing if stress isn't treated.
Most cases of teenage stress are usually a result of pent up emotions that go unexpressed because teens feel as if no one will understand their situation, or think their problems trivial. Moreover, due to the fact that the vast majority of teens have a hard time discussing personal problems with their parents, or may not have a good friend they can confide in, the emotional stress they feel grows, and they isolate themselves further.
Causes of teenage stress include, but are not limited to:
• School demands
• Learning disability
• Family, friends or relationship issues
• The end of a friendship or relationship
• Trouble making friends
• Family financial issues
• High expectations of self
• Balancing work and school
• Living with a tight schedule - Involved in too many activities always on the go.
• Changing schools
• Divorced parents
• Bodily changes
• Death of a loved one
• Chronic illness
• Living in an unsafe community
• Persistent negative thoughts and emotions
• Peer pressure
• Being bullied
Some symptoms that stressed teens may exhibit include, but are not limited to:
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Sweaty palms
• Acne breakout
• Pounding heart
• Mood swings
• Irritability
• Overemotional or sudden crying
• Forgetfulness
• Poor coordination
• Poor concentration
• Disinterest
• Negativity
One of the best ways teens can release stress is to express their emotions. This can be done through writing, music, talking with friends, or with someone they can trust such as a teacher or guidance councilor. Therefore, it is important that they know there are other people they can turn to when feeling down.
Furthermore, teens should be encouraged to take breaks, lower their intake of stimulants (IE caffeinated and sugared beverages), increase their intake of water, eat breakfast and engage in exercise.
Just like adults, if teens don't take care of chronic stress, it can develop into dangerous health issues as previously mentioned. Thus, if regular methods of stress management are not helping a teen cope, seek the help of your health care professional for treatment.
Finally, don't forget, not all stress is bad. Acute stress is actually normal, and is usually stress one feels during an exam, going out on a first date, or scoring the final goal that will win the game. This pressure tells you how important actions are to the task at hand. Thus, in these certain situations, although there is no danger, the stress we may feel helps to keep us alert and ready for anything.
You need to find out what is causing your stress and take the next step by incorporating stress relief methods in your life.
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#2 · Posted: 19 May 2007 04:12
Stress in teenage can lead to serious problems.They sometimes express thoughts which may condradict their own principles.they cry suddenly..sometimes it leads to over eating...irregularity in bodily changes.. whcih increases further the stress level.Me being experienced with this phenomena of my friend...its very much evident that they need a constant support from a loved one... it must be one.People fail to understand these teenagers and they become intolerant.I would like to wish that the society must work out responsibly and support these teebagers and listen to them.You should be a good listener.That soles the majority if the problem.They must be encouraged with their work
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#3 · Posted: 18 Aug 2007 05:00
Here's some good tips on teenage stress management:
* Taking deep breaths accompanied by thoughts of being in control ("I can handle this")
* Progressive muscle relaxation, (repeatedly tensing and relaxing large muscles of the body)
* Setting small goals and breaking tasks into smaller manageable chunks
* Exercising and eating regular meals, and avoiding excessive caffeine
* Focusing on things you can control and letting go of things you cannot control
* Rehearsing and practicing feared situations (e.g., practicing public speaking or asking someone out on a date)
* Talking about problems with others, including parents, older adults and friends
* Lowering unrealistic expectations
* Scheduling breaks and enjoyable activities, such as music, art, sports, socializing
* Accepting yourself as you are and identifying unique strengths and building on them, but realizing no one is perfect!
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#4 · Posted: 19 Aug 2007 09:20
Over the years, my concern with teenage stress, is the diagnosis. When that stress leads to psychiatric illness more aggressive treatment is needed. It is sometimes very difficult to realise when the kid has crossed the line into a more serious and potentially lethal state of mind.
Besides personal efforts to control the stress and to have release of emotions, there is also need for the family and friends to be alert and support. The society has a role to play. The biggest incidence of stress conditions and further deterioration of health isi the new immigrant populations of the big cities.
I have very little experience of within the country city migrants, but the immigrants from the east to cities like London, Toronto and New York face enormous pressures. The parents of the kids are unable to support to the extent required of them because they are very busy trying to earn a living, often at jobs they are not trained for. The impact of an alien culture also takes it toll and creates mental havoc. Having lived in three big cities in the West, I am surprised that there are not more mental break downs. I can only attribute it to the enormous effort the parents of the immigrant kids put into helping at considerable personal sacrifice.
Compared to the 50's and the 60's, there is an substantially large immigrant population in the big cities and there is much more support from the cultural activities within the small immigrant communities that helps in releasing some of the pent up energies and emotions of the youth.
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#5 · Posted: 16 Apr 2008 15:14
hello all,
the stress management techniques you have mentioned seem quite convincing to achieve a goos result.
when we are talking about young people or the teenagers, do you think you can convince them to adopt these at their own?
i think someone else; maybe a guardian or a friend should guide them into these practices.
thank you.
be happy.
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#6 · Posted: 19 Apr 2008 21:08
Most young people, teenagers especially don't like feeling like they are being controlled so it is better that you leave little hints about the practices. Let them decide on their own and if that doesn't work, talk to them adult-to-adult about how they can relive their stress
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#7 · Posted: 25 Apr 2008 12:23
Quoting: StressedOut Most young people, teenagers especially don't like feeling like they are being controlled so it is better that you leave little hints about the practices. Let them decide on their own and if that doesn't work, talk to them adult-to-adult about how they can relive their stress
I could not agree more. One of the most widely taught methods of psychotherapy is to question and lead the subject in a way that he/she comes up with a statement that you as a therapist wanted to make.
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#8 · Posted: 30 Apr 2008 11:17
I found an excellent way of teaching the teenagers something they wouldn't have accepted otherwise.
Take some effort in training few of them (suitable ones), who can tell their friends about these. The teenagers seem to pay more attention to their peers than the elders.
What do you think, if there goes a rumour among the teens that using cell phone is directly responsible for hair loss!
I can imagine the impact.
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#9 · Posted: 30 Apr 2008 15:16
Quoting: TajviRAC Take some effort in training few of them (suitable ones), who can tell their friends about these. The teenagers seem to pay more attention to their peers than the elders.
Learning from and copying your peers is very effective. There is good and bad to it. People develop bad habits and addiction through the same rule.
In many western countries there is a "Big brother" movement. Similar in concept, the adoptive "big brother" teaches the youngster good habits. This is quite effective and the movements itself takes care of screening the prospective "Big Brother". The process gives satisfaction to the younger person and also to the older person.
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#10 · Posted: 26 Mar 2009 09:54
Very nicely covered by all.
Actually, in a way parents are responsible for Teenagers' behaviour.
Parents try to provide them every thing but "TIME".
They are more or less concerned to provide more and more facilities to their children.
Kids as well as Teenagers need personal attention, a good listener in the family itself is most important who can UNDERSTAND them and it is quite obvious to have difference of opinion most of the times.
Better not to impose our own Thoughts and Ideas upon teens. Parents should try to encourage their teens to take decisions at their own by Understanding, standing behind and guiding them time to time. They need MORAL SUPPORT & CONFIDENCE from parents.
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#11 · Posted: 28 Mar 2009 00:28
Quoting: drgc_mehta They need MORAL SUPPORT & CONFIDENCE from parents.
Very true. Today's parents are strapped for time and love. Hence they try to substitute that deficiency with money and material things. They put their children in big schools, give latest mobiles, etc. This does not work. It does not work that way. Nothing can replace a few hours of quality time of love and togetherness spent with your children. How well a child can handle stress in later life depends on the nurturing during his pre-teen years.
One who has been devoid of love and support of his parents will always have a tendency to feel insecure in his later life. Of course that does not mean you should shield your child with your love. That is not love. It is attachment. And it'll make your child weak.
True love is letting your child know that you are always there for them whenever they need them and at the same time allowing them to grow on their own without imposing your ideologies and beliefs, like Dr. Mehta said. Not many can do this because it's very difficult. Either you get very attached to your child or you totally neglect them. Balance is the key.
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#12 · Posted: 7 Apr 2009 17:36
Quoting: kiriti_arch Stress in teenage can lead to serious problems.They sometimes express thoughts which may condradict their own principles.
Very true, dealing with teenage stress can become very difficult. It's often hard to eliminate because most of the time they cannot determine what is the cause of their stress.
But as a start, we must focus on the most obvious:
School
Pressure
Societal Expectations
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#13 · Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:57
Yes, right. I agree with you Vishal. We just experience stress when we cannot express it. Adults are also going through it. When I'm stressed, I just go out to unwind or read a book that's something interesting while music is on while eating snacks.
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#14 · Posted: 30 Nov 2009 05:46
Teenagers of the last few generations have felt themselves to be standing at the crossroads - this is especially true in the big cities. There is conflict of values - values of the parents' generation and those of their own generation.
Teenagers naturally get more influenced, and coerced, by the expectations of the peers. If it is a done thing to have a boyfriend/girlfriend, then I should also have one.
In older societies, when the society was a little more cohesive, in terms of relationships, responsibilities, etc. there always were role models, and also a set of values, which more or less, were quite un-ambiguous.
That is missing now. The lack of these two things - role models and values - has given rise to a generation of teenagers, who are handicapped in a particular way: now fashion, cinema, pop music (not that these things are bad, per se) have taken the role of teens' motivators. These things are ephemeral, they cannot give a real sense of life-direction.
All these things create confusion - and add to it, Vishal, the lack of time/love - and you have the perfect recipe of a love-less generation.
I hope the next generation does a better job!
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#15 · Posted: 30 Nov 2009 23:18
Well said Praveen!
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#16 · Posted: 13 Apr 2010 23:49
Teenagers nowadays are very busy, busy with almost everything, school, friends, outdoor activities, even online life. They are also getting quite curious to try almost anything that they see.
I have seen some of the teenagers in this time that they have problems with their parents, it's one thing why teenagers are having a hard time to cope up with stress, cause some of them does not feel their parents presence just when they need them the most, and just when they expect them to help them to cope up with stress, the tend to make another way of coping up, in ways they know.
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#17 · Posted: 28 Apr 2010 13:27
This is a nice post. Indeed, teenagers should learn to identify when they need to lighten up in their daily activities. It does not to well for their future lives to keep on stressing themselves at such an early age.
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#18 · Posted: 6 Apr 2011 18:49
Another informative post. Learning disability contributes a lot to teenager's stress. When they are being left behind in studies,but their friends can cope it very well,they will feel depress. Teenagers in the 21st century is no longer like teenagers in the 19th or even 20th century. They have a lot to cope with. Studies,relationship and many more.
Parents or guidance should pay more attetion to their children and spare out some time to communicate with them. This way,their children can feel the warmth,and this helps a lot in de-stressing.
Another great method is to pray to god and trust HIM will ease stress and sorrowness.
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