Posts Tagged ‘stress reactions’
School Stress: How Student Life Affects Your Teen
Find out why school can be so stressful, how school affects mental health, and how to help your teen manage academic pressure.
Read MoreHow Ruminating Thoughts Affect Teens
Find out how what rumination is, how it can be caused by OCD, some examples and causes of repetitive thoughts, and how to stop them.
Read MoreFear of School: Why Your Teen Is Scared and How To Help
Fear of school can make it tough for teens to get to class. Learn why teenagers have school phobia and nine ways you can help your child.
Read MoreStress vs. Distress: How Do You Help Your Teen Navigate a Stressful World?
Teens are under stress that puts them at risk for behavioral issues, mental health issues, and feelings of isolation. Here’s how to help your teen.
Read MoreAsk a Therapist: Does Going to School Cause Depression or Make It Worse?
Does school cause depression? Learn how school pressures can affect mental health and what you can do to help address teen depression.
Read MoreHow Much Stress is Too Much? A Caregiver’s Guide
Did you know that stress is contagious? Our guide breaks down what you need to know to help your kids and family learn how to manage stress.
Read MoreUsing Alcohol To Self-Medicate
Teens trying to mask or suppress pain caused by trauma, loneliness, social stress, insecurity, and anxiety can turn to a behavior whose negative consequences include addiction and even death: self-medicating with alcohol. Learn about using alcohol to self-medicate and how you can help your teen overcome this dangerous behavior. What Is Self-Medication? It’s not hard…
Read More6 Tips for Holiday Self-Care
Is your teen or young adult who’s gone through mental health or substance use treatment stressing out about family dynamics during the holidays? Share this blog post, which has several self-care tips to support their mental health as December winds down and New Year’s Eve approaches. The holidays can be wonderful, and it can be great to be around family. But with the extra stressors at this time of the year, even the closest-knit families can be challenged, and drama of…
Read MoreWhy Do I Feel So Anxious?
There are plenty of things in life to be anxious about. But sometimes we feel overly anxious, or anxious about things that shouldn’t make us feel anxious. Sometimes, anxiety isn’t even something we are aware of. It makes our muscles tense, our stomach nauseated, and can even cause physical pain. It doesn’t make any sense.…
Read More7 Quick Tips to Manage Holiday Stress
If you’re anything like me, the holiday season brings out the best stress. For many of us, the holiday season is jam-packed with family, friends, parties, shopping, cleaning, entertaining, and that’s just the start. All of these actives are worthwhile and can be fun, but can also invite some not so welcomed guests… stress and…
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