How can teenagers deal with teenage stress?
Know your signs and symptoms of teenage stress. Different teenagers can feel stress differently, so knowing what your stress signature is can help you to identify when you are stressed. Think about a time you were stressed. Maybe it was before an exam, or after a disagreement with mom or dad. Can you remember how your body felt? Did your heart beat faster? Did you have butterflies in your stomach? Maybe you got a tension headache? Keeping a stress diary can give you an idea of what is stressing you out and how you react to that teenage cause of stress. This can be a good start to setting up your stress management plan. Flip your negative thinking Practice positive self talk can help to deal with teenage stress Tap into your inner strengths and develop an optimistic attitude toward stress. Developing your positive thinking habits in the face of stress can build your resilience and stress coping skills. For example, going to a new school can be stressful but if you think that you may mak
Do you know your main causes of stress? Different teenagers can feel stress differently, so knowing what your stress signature is helps you to identify when you are stressed. Think about a time you were stressed. Maybe it was before an exam, or after a disagreement with mom or dad. Can you remember how your body felt? Did your heart beat faster? Did you have butterflies in your stomach? Maybe you got a tension headache? Keeping a stress diary gives you an idea of what is stressing you out and how you react to your causes of stress. This can be a good start to setting up your stress management plan. Reduce teenage stress by flipping your negative thinking Sometimes what you say to yourself is OK but other times you may put your own “spin on it”. When what you say to yourself becomes increasingly negative, this can be a big cause of stress. That is why it is useful to practice positive self-talk. By tapping into your inner strengths you develop an optimistic attitude toward stress. Devel
