Stress- What's the little thing stressing you out?

  By: Madison B.

  Even though you're a teenager, and parents and other adults may tell you that there’s no way that you can be stressed, but we all know teenagers can have extremely hectic and stressful lives.

  Girls tend to be stressed about school-related topics. Girls tend to believe that they have to be extraordinary in all aspects of their lives; this means we tend to be stressed about grades, extracurricular activities, peers opinions on their appearance and social occurrences. As the days go on girls continue to get more stress because they focus so much on their relationships with friends and teachers.

  Boys still get a little bit stressed about school, but they seem to be more stressed about physical things like abilities and physical development. Boys tend to be stressed about sports abilities, physical development (as in “who's stronger”) and fitting in socially. I couldn't find many statistics on boys stress, but by going to school with boys for 5 years, it does seem plausible that boys get stressed about these topics. Boys are brought up to be the stronger, the better, the more knowledgeable of the genders, and when they realized that their not as good as someone else or a girl is better than them at something it tends to stress them out and frustrate them.

  Stress can be a hard thing to manage, but it's a thing that needs to be addressed and managed. It can take a toll on your health by making you more susceptible to illness and have you gain weight. Ways to manage stress are by making to do lists, so you know what NEEDS to get done and what you WANT to get done. Also, know when you're getting stressed out. Some signs are poor judgment, moodiness, inability to relax, aches and pains, eating more or less, and nervous habits. Addressing the thing that stresses you out it the first step in understanding why you get stressed out so much.