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    Dealing With Stress: A How-to Guide
    Dealing With Stress: A How-to Guide
    Dealing With Stress: A How-to Guide
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    Dealing With Stress: A How-to Guide

    By Lisa A. Wroble

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    Do you feel stressed out? Everyone does sometimes. School, extracurricular activities, and family obligations can take their toll on teens, but they can learn how to keep their life from overwhelming themselves. Readers find out what causes stress, how the body handles it, what happens when a person has too much stress or doesn't deal with it correctly, and surprisingly, when stress can be a good thing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRosen Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2011
    ISBN9780766054912
    Dealing With Stress: A How-to Guide

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      Book preview

      Dealing With Stress - Lisa A. Wroble

      Teens Under Pressure

      The Body on High Alert

      Who Needs Stress?

      What Stresses You Out?

      The Problem With Not Coping

      How to Manage Your Stress

      When Stress Harms

      Seeking Help

      Chapter Notes

      Glossary

      Hotlines and Further Reading

      Internet Addresses

      Index

      Copyright © 2012 by Lisa A. Wroble All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Wroble, Lisa A.

      Dealing with stress : a how-to guide / Lisa A. Wroble. p. cm.—(Life—a how-to guide)

      Summary: Readers will learn about the causes of stress, how stress affects the body, and how to manage stress—Provided by the publisher.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-0-7660-3439-6

      1. Stress in adolescence—Juvenile literature. 2. Stress management for teenagers—Juvenile literature. 3. Teenagers—Mental health—Congresses—Juvenile literature. I. Title. BF724.3.S86W76 2012 155.9’042—dc23

      2011019282

      Future Editions:

      Paperback ISBN: 978-1-59845-309-6 EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4645-0349-8 Single-User PDF ISBN: 978-1-4646-0349-5 Multi-User PDF ISBN: 978-0-7660-5491-2

      This is the PDF version 1.0.

      To Our Readers: We have done our best to make sure all Internet addresses in this book were active and appropriate when we went to press. However, the author and the publisher have no control over and assume no liability for the material available on those Internet sites or on other Web sites they may link to. Any comments or suggestions can be sent by e-mail to comments@enslow.com or to the address on the back cover.

      Illustration Credits: © 2011 Clipart.com, a division of Getty Images. All rights reserved., p. 7; LifeART © 1998 Williams & Wilkins, A Waverly Company. All rights reserved., p. 24; © Lisa Wroble, pp. 32, 35, 50, 56, 97; © 2011 Photos.com, a division of Getty Images. All rights reserved., pp. 30, 33, 40, 42, 58, 61, 74, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110; Shutterstock.com, pp. 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 37, 38, 46, 48, 52, 64, 66, 68, 72, 76, 78, 81, 82,

      87, 88, 92, 96, 101, 104, 107, 112.

      1 Teens Under Pressure

      2 The Body on High Alert

      3 Who Needs Stress?

      4 What Stresses You Out?

      5 The Problem With Not Coping

      6 How to Manage Your Stress

      7 When Stress Harms

      8 Seeking Help

      Chapter Notes

      Glossary

      Hotlines and Further Reading

      Internet Addresses

      Index

      The school year had almost ended for Tyler. He was a freshman in high school and ready for a break. He and his friends were making plans and, of course, that led to drama with their girlfriends, he explains. Then he learned that his family would be moving to Florida. High school is hard enough, but having to make all new friends, adjust to a new house, a new town, and a new school was too much! But that wasn’t all. The teachers started assigning more work. Every class had extra work, projects, papers, and quizzes.

      When we complained, they said it was preparing us for next year and that in the future we’d have to deal with college and job expectations, said Tyler, who also had taken a part-time job to save money for his summer plans. I didn’t know what to focus on first so I ended up just sleeping a lot, which led to more stress because the schoolwork was not getting done. What a way to end the school year and say good-bye! he said.¹

      As young adults we face situations that are real and painful . We do not yet have the tools that we need to deal with them because it is our first time in life when we face daily challenges . I think parents and teachers already know this but they just forgot what it was like not having any answers and perhaps they could be more sensitive about all of it when dealing with their child or student .

      — Sara, age 19, Naples, Florida²

      Stress—this word might make stomachs tighten or muscles tense. Those are reactions to stress. Stress is how our bodies respond to anything seen as a threat. Triggers, or causes of stress, are all around us. They are called stressors. People, places, events, and situations can all cause stress.

      Stress affects every part of life. At home, hassles with parents cause stress. Fights with brothers and sisters might cause extra tension. A study of Baltimore, Maryland, teens found family conflicts usually involved doing their homework, cleaning their room, and doing chores.³ At school, tests, homework, and teachers cause anxiety. Coaches, tutors, and bosses add to pressures teens face. Sometimes it is a mix of these things.

      Seventeen-year-old Margot, a high-school senior, says she gets emotional when she is stressed with too much to do. I feel angry when I have lots of schoolwork to do but have to pick my brothers up from a game.⁴

      Often stress happens when we already feel overloaded. We do not feel in control of everything we have to do. This is why we think of stress as bad. But good things can cause stress too. A new job, getting a scholarship, or winning a tournament adds pressure to succeed. Getting accepted to college means adjusting to change. Even getting married can cause stress.

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