Coping with Teenage Stress

Effects of Stress
While certain levels of stress are unavoidable and are generally not harmful, high levels of stress over a sustained period of time can damage your health.
Some teenagers are overloaded with stress. When it happens, inadequately managed stress can lead to anxiety, withdrawal, aggression, depression physical illness, or poor coping skills such as drug and/or alcohol use.
When teenagers perceive a situation as difficult or painful, changes occur in their minds and bodies to prepare them to respond to danger. …