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Teenage Stress |
by:
Trevor Dumbleton |
Copyright twozerozerofive Trevor Dumbleton
It has often been said thatteenage years are"best years of your life". However, anyone who says that does not remember what it is like beingteenager. Between school, life, parents, friends, andfact that all of them want all of your time, there is no way to get away frompetty concerns and strains that can lead to serious stress. However, nobody seems willing to give up any oftime they demand from you, so you find yourself torn inthousand different directions with nowhere to turn to for help. Fortunately, you do not need to deal with stress all on your own. Rather, you can find plenty of help, just as long as you look for it. Unfortunately, teenagers rarely look for help and many ofassets available to them are simply ignored. Thus, your teen stress keeps getting worse.
The first place to look for relief from teen stress is at school. There iscertain class of people who desperately want to help teens get through their problems and find solutions, but they usually sit in their offices waiting in vain for someone to talk to them. These people are guidance counselors and they are there to help you. However, it is very rare for someone to avail themselves of this prime opportunity for assistance, so actually sitting down with somebody istreat for them and they will do all they can to help. True, most people think that guidance counselors are really just lost souls who can't seem to get out of school, but that is notcase. Guidance counselors decided on their career because they want to help others. Which means that they want to help you.
As well, you can get help for teen stress through your teachers. True, most ofhelp you get will probably be for your work inclassroom but, strange as it may seem, teachers are actually human beings. They want to connect with their students so that, when you go to see them, they will be happy to help you. If you go to them in order to get help with your schoolwork, they will happily give you assistance. They can help you through any issues or difficulties that you may be having and you will can learn more from them after class than you will during class. Such one-on-one sessions can help them narrow down issues inway that they cannot while they are lecturing toroom full of students.
Additionally, once you sit down with your teachers, you may actually discover that you enjoy talking to them. After all, to repeatpoint, they are people. And because they spend so much time incompany of teenagers, they understand teen stress. However, they also understand it fromphilosophical perspective that can breathe some fresh air intoproblems that you are confronting. Though you may not always enjoyanswers they can provide, they will be worth thinking about and, infullness of time, you will probably discover that they providedvery good insight into your problems.
Another excellent source for teen stress is with your parents. This is because ofsimple fact that you may not want to accept. This issimple fact that parents tend to have children who are very similar to them. No, it's really not pleasant to think about, since that means that you may turn out to be like your parents. But, let us put that aside for now.
Your parents were once your age (strange as that may seem) and teens often have to go through very similar problems. Thus, your parents have felt teen stress and they know what it is like. Sure, they may not want to admit that it was anything special, but they will, hopefully, remember that it was not easy attime. So if you really need to get some sort of advice or help, sit down and talk to your parents. Not only will you get some sort of help, but you will also make their day. After all, how many parents getchance to really connect with their teenage children?
Teen stress is one ofhardest things to get through, but you can rest assured that it has been done. Billions of people inworld have all had to go throughtravails ofteenage years and they have through toother side. So prepare yourself, get help when you need it, and look for help when you can. By relying on people who have "been there, done that" you can see your way clear toother side. Then, you can safely look back on your teen stress and say stupid things like, "the teenage years arebest years of your life!"
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