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Stress Relief For Teenagers

Dec13
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Everybody experiences stress but teenagers experience it more than most given the rapid rate at which their lives and bodies change on an almost daily basis. All change results in stress, whether good or bad, and learning to handle it is vital to our health and happiness. Stress management for teens is therefore an essential skill set that needs to be learned. Read on to discover how to do this in simple steps.

The first thing a teen needs to do is to identify their stress limits. This can be done by asking the following questions:

1. What makes me explode?
2. How often am I angry, frustrated, nervous or frightened about something?
3. What do I do when things don’t happen the way I like?

Awareness is key to managing stress for teens. If you are a teenager, tell yourself that when you are aware of your actions you can control them before things get out of hand. It is important to know when you are stressed out so that you can deal with it. Here are some indicators that you may be stressed out:
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Learning To Lead A Stress Free Life

Dec13
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Can you really lead a stress-free life? In actual fact, living a stress free life is not a reasonable or desirable goal. What you should be aiming at is to deal with stress actively and effectively so that it does not become a destructive force. One way to do this is to study and copy those people who are naturally resistant to stress. These are the people who cope in the most appalling circumstances with what appears to be an uncanny serenity.

When researchers studied these people, they discovered that they all share distinctive habits. First off, they tend to focus on immediate issues rather than global ones. They couple this with an optimistic, explanatory approach. A stress resistant person may, for example, say something like, ëI am tired today,í rather than, ëThat’s it, Iím all washed up,í thereby assigning a temporary nature to their troubles and diminishing the associated negativity.

Stress resistant people also tend to be specific about circumstances and attributes rather than dealing in generalities. They may, for example, say something like, ëI have a bad habit,í rather than, ëI am a bad person.í They also give themselves credit when things go right and externalise their failures by, for example, saying something like, ëThat was a difficult audience,í rather than, ëI gave a horrible presentation.í By emulating these stress resistant people we can certainly lead a stress-reduced life if not a stress-free one.
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Managing Stress Effectively

Dec13
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Understanding and managing stress is key to leading a healthy, productive life in our hectic world. So many people say that they are stressed out without really understanding what that means. When you say that you are stressed out, what is it that you are really saying about yourself? Can we really be stressed beyond our limits or, by learning and utilising specific strategies, can we in fact turn stress around so that it is a motivating force in our lives?

Stress is a person’s response to a demand for change. We experience such demands on a higher or lower level every day of our lives. Faced with these demands, we may try to resist change while also trying to manage the stress associated with it. Not all change, however, is a bad thing just as not all stress is bad for us. Some stress is very useful to us and is even essential in certain circumstances such as learning. Research has shown that learning takes place under conditions of moderate stress. Your aim, therefore, is not to eliminate all the stress you experience but to understand and to manage it so that it remains at an acceptable level.

The best strategies for managing stress are those that are not destructive but which are healthy ways to prevent stress from increasing or to reduce the tension when stress builds beyond a moderate level. Destructive strategies for managing stress include smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol to excess, taking illegal drugs or misusing prescribed medication. While these strategies bring short-term relief this is at high cost to both mind and body. One of the worst strategies of all is to do nothing about a problem and hope it will go away. It hardly ever does and the stress of not dealing with it is far greater than that of following a constructive course of action.
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