Stress Management
How to manage stress in a safe and positive way
What is Stress?
Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
Examples of Teen Stress
- Relationships
- Home life
- Bullies
- School
- Homework
- Sports/Clubs
Positive ways to manage your stress
- Go on a walk
- Listen to music
- Use a planner
- Work Out
- Read
- Write
- Talk with friends
- Learn to say no
- Get a massage
- Take a nap
Negative Ways to Manage Stress
- Smoking
- Drugs
- Alcohol
- Eating junk food
- Procrastinating
- Aggression
- Binge watch T.V
- Withdrawing yourself from friends
- Self Harm
- Suicide
Effects of stress
- Head ache
- Muscle tension
- Fatigue
- Anxiety
- Lack of motivation
- Depression
- High blood pressure
- Sleep deprivation
- Becoming unsocial
- Becoming easily aggravated
Facts & Statastics
- Only about 17% of teen boys seek help with stress
- 22% of teen girls seek help with stress
- 23% of teens skip meals when they are stressed
- 55% of teens rated there stress about a 7 out of 10 during the school year
- About 50% of students admitted to cheating when they feel stressed
- One in 5 teens qualify as clinically depressed
- 46% of teachers know students are self harming
- 50% of females reported their families not noticing their stress