Many teenagers complain about the numerous amount of problems they face from day to day. They say they have nobody that cares and nowhere to turn. Keeping emotions bundled up inside is unhealthy and can negatively impact your life. Teenagers need to realize that maybe they don’t have a parent or best friend to tell all of their worldly troubles to. However, there are coping methods that help you release all built up stress. Being in good health can benefit your ability to deal with stress as well because you will know how to react to specific situations. I have found two ways to positively get out my stress and feel much better about myself. The first way that is therapeutic for me but does nothing for other people is listening to music for about thirty minutes to an hour. Create yourself a playlist with all types of music to where you can sit down and zone out the rest of the world. Putting your phone away and not answering it also helps me to cool off because I can focus on my own problems and not worry about anything else. I also tell my parents what I will be doing so they won’t come in while I’m trying to destress and relax. Doing this about once a week has helped me immensely and be a calmer person altogether. I highly recommend either listening to a select playlist or getting on Pandora so you can discover new things.
Another great coping method is running. I started using the Couch to 5K program, which helps you go from not running at all to running marathons. I knew this would also be beneficial for me because I play basketball. It helped me bring my three-mile time down by about four minutes, and this was without me finishing the training. If I got mad at something I could effectively release my emotions by jogging instead of taking out stress negatively. Even if you do not like to exercise, I believe you would enjoy doing this slowly.
One method that doesn’t do much good for me, but seems to work well for other people, is talking to other people about your problems. This doesn’t work for me because I can get upset very easily, and I believe if someone simply told me that they didn't want to deal with my problem I would become even more upset.
Another great coping method is running. I started using the Couch to 5K program, which helps you go from not running at all to running marathons. I knew this would also be beneficial for me because I play basketball. It helped me bring my three-mile time down by about four minutes, and this was without me finishing the training. If I got mad at something I could effectively release my emotions by jogging instead of taking out stress negatively. Even if you do not like to exercise, I believe you would enjoy doing this slowly.
One method that doesn’t do much good for me, but seems to work well for other people, is talking to other people about your problems. This doesn’t work for me because I can get upset very easily, and I believe if someone simply told me that they didn't want to deal with my problem I would become even more upset.