Stress

Signs and symptoms of stress

Physical or medical - headaches, upset stomach, skin problems, generally feeling “under the weather.”
Emotions - Anxious, irritable, angry or tearful. Feeling you have no control over your life and can’t cope. Feeling useless and hopeless.
Mental - Unable to concentrate and focus, forgetful.
Behaviour - can’t relax, changes to eating habits, difficulties sleeping, withdrawing from friends and family.

If you are feeling stressed:
· If you feel under too much pressure to do well at school talk to those who are making you feel like this.
· Maybe you are putting yourself under too much pressure.
· Take a deep breath and walk away from the thing that’s stressing you out (if you can), even if it’s for only a few minutes.
· Eat a healthy diet and try to get enough sleep.
· Don’t smoke or drink to cope with stress. It’ll just make you feel worse.

“I’ve got so much school work to do that everything’s getting on top of me. Everyone is expecting me to do really well and I don’t want to let them down.”

When you worry a lot about things and feel unable to cope, it’s often described as feeling stressed or stressed out. Feeling under pressure from time to time is normal but if it doesn’t pass it can lead to stress.

Lots of different pressures can combine together such as school and homework, worries about friendships, being bullied, being pressurised into doing something you don’t want to do or feel uncomfortable about, family problems or too much responsibility.

People cope with stress in different ways. It is important to notice when you are beginning to feel unwell, anxious and unable to cope with life. There are active steps, which you can take to deal with life’s pressures or reduce the bad feelings if they start to occur.

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