Teenage years are like a tectonic shift in our life. For us teens, it is a sudden awareness of our identity and worth; teens usually start understanding things a lot more. It is also a time of emotional mayhem, where we are constantly searching our self, about what we stand for and what we want to do. You have, peer pressure, anorexia, and school all day, five days a week, and extra homework, which equals stress. Teenage years are definitely the most difficult.
What is stress? Stress is what you feel when you respond to pressure, either from the outside world (school, work, family, friends) or inside yourself (wanting to fit in). With all the extra things that happen during teen years, it is easy to feel weighed down. Juggling your social life and freedom with school and jobs is also stressful. There is always some type of stress throughout teenage years.
It's hard making friends, let a lone losing them, turning against you or hurting you during really tough times. This can happen when you least need it, or expect it, and you don't really know what to do when nobody is on your side and you just end up thinking that you are the 'loner'. Your friends may notbe who you think they are, they are meant to support and encourage you. Losing someone you care about is tough, you may feel like your world has sompletely changed. But this isnt an uncommon thing, many teens are dealing wth this.
When you are a teen, you are constantly surrounded by peer pressure. It isn't uncommon to give into peer pressure because you want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may make fun of them if they don't go along with the group. There are many different levels of pressure, smoking, drinking, doing drugs and sexual practices being the worst. The decisions of having a boyfriend/girlfriend, who your friends are, fashion choices, certain hairstyles and accessories, or even academic performance, are also ways of being pressured.
Peer pressure is everywhere, whether it is in school or at work, it is changing how we act and talk.There are some fun things about being a teen, but there are also many more bad ones that come along with it. You will still be under stress, surrounded by peer presssure and losing clo
