About Teen Life: April is Stress Awareness Month

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Teen Life From Ellen Friedrichs, your About Teen Life Editor About's Guide to Stress writes, " April is Stress Awareness Month, which provides the perfect opportunity to examine the role of stress in your life, reevaluate your current stress relief tactics, and develop strategies that work well for you. Stay tuned for resources all month long that can help you take stress relief to the next level." What is Stress? The term 'stress' refers to the response you have when facing circumstances that force you to act, change, or adjust in some way to maintain your footing, or to keep things balanced. (The circumstances themselves are known as 'stressors', but we'll have more on them later.) Read more Search Related Topics:  stress basics  what is stress  stress management articles Stress Management We all experience stress in our lives. Because the vast majority of health problems are caused or influenced by stress, it's important to understand how stress affects your body, and to learn effective stress management techniques to make stress work for you rather than against you... Read more Search Related Topics:  effects of stress  stress symptoms  understanding stress Gay Teens and Stress Stress is something almost everyone feels. For GLBT teens already facing everyday stressors, things like homophobia, bullying, and worrying about coming out, can make stress levels dangerously high...Read more Search Related Topics:  homophobic family  homophobia  coming out 10 Things to Stop Doing if You Are Stressed Many of the stressors we face in life are not under our control. However, our responses to these things can have a heavy impact on our stress levels, and these responses are definitely under our control. The following are 10 things that are commonly done by people under stress that make things worse; stop these things, and you will have a much greater handle on your stress.... Read more Search Related Topics:  new habits  unhealthy habits  unhealthy responses to stress Related Searches Coping with Stress Help for Stress Causes Stress Stress Relief Reduce Stress Featured Articles Teen Stress Test Dealing With Stress for Teens Teen Burnout and Stress Handeling Stress 6 Tips to Help Your Stressed Out College Kid or Teen Stress and Teen Acne   More from About.com Sign-up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Please sign up it's free (of course), we think you will like it! Want More From About.com Check out our social page tailored to your interest!   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Teen Life newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Advertisement