How Does Your Teen Cope?

What are some ways you cope with stress and anxiety. Why do you think teens and young adults enter a stage of denial to mask their problems in life?

My article represents a point that, teens and young adults are in denial when it comes to what can or can not happen to them in their lifetime.
 
Teens believe and use the statement, "it won't happen to me" to deny the fact that, yes it can and just may happen. Teens and young adults also place guilt and reason for their problems on their parents. To cope woth their problems, they simply force the blame onto someone else as a way of consciously solving the problem.
 
 

8 comments:

jtinti said...

I have a planner to cope with my stress to help me schedule what I need to get done and what I am doing for the day. I also am very religious and pray for strength to deal with my overload in work and other activates. I think teens enter a stage of denial to mask their problems in life because they do not want to face them. There hesitant with challenges and what outcomes will occur because of them.

Jenna Tinti

JenRose H said...

Jennifer Hebert

Stress is a daily part of my life and I have learned to just accept and deal with it. When I get too stressed, I usually set an hour away from my busy schedule to sit down, have some tea, and read a good book. This is very relaxing to me as it takes my mind off whatever problem that was previously harrassing me. Now a days, in order to avoid being over-stressed, I try to get things done on time--so that everything doesn't come piling on me at once. However, this does not always work.

I think that teenagers enter a stage of denial to mask their problems in life because they do not want to admit their mistakes, weaknesses, failures, excetra. Teenagers, in high school, are pushed to succeed and to win. To be put in a losing situation, it makes teenagers doubt themselves, something that they are comfortable with. They are used to always winning, always being on top. Thus, that is why there are In denial when they are in confrontation with a problem that they cannot solve.

Jennifer Hebert

aliawj said...

I cope with stress and anxiety by just talking. Sometimes, I will just talk to myself if no one is around, or I will just vent to a close friend or family member. Teens enter a stage of denial to mask their problems in life because they don't want to deal with their problems. They want to act as if they don't exist, which may make some teens less stressed. For example, some teens may be not on schedule with there college applications, or they may not be preparing for college becaouse they don't want to deal with the fact that they are growing up and becoming an adult.

DominikaG said...

To cope with my stress and anxiety, I find that music and other things to keep your mind off the problem helps. If it gets really bad to the point where i'm having a breakdown, i usually go to someone to talk about how i'm feeling or i write it down in a notebook.
Entering a stage of denial helps to digest the issue at hand and to try to mask the issue as something less than it really is. It could help the person get through the problem, or they could be in denial strictly because they want to avoid the issue at hand.

~Dominika Gilewska

G.Sanzari said...

When i am stressed i usually can turn to a bestfriend and talk to them about my problems but usually i like to listen to music because some music can make u feel the anger that u have outside and some can make u feel better from the anger or stress u have inside and can relieve u of them.
But i feel alot of teens deny stress or other problems because they either dont want to or dont know how to deal with them. some people like to go out and party or do what not when they are stressed,but actually deep down inside they just need time to themselves. so i actually believe that teens deny their stress because they actually cant see it.
-Greg Sanzari

Anonymous said...

In stressfull situations, I know to just talk or explain it to a close friend who is able to understand your problems well. My opinion is to just let 2 or 3 people closest to you know everything. Many times they'll give you advice and comfort to make your day go by smoother. But there other times where you should relax and think about your choices on your own. i do believe teenagers have the most stress and several of us don't know the best way to handle them.
nina lee

Anonymous said...

Things i do to cope with stress is i read a book or juss sit back and relax.this is really helpful for me bacause it helps me get whatever is on my mind off and i feel a whole lot better afterwards. young adults are in denial at times because they dont want to believe thatwhatever the problem maybe thats happening is really happening and they just cant deal with it.

_shanice_

Michelle Patnode said...

When I get stressed, I talk it out amongst my friends and sometimes family. Talking about what bothers you can really help you because if you don't, that stress will keep building up inside of you instead of letting go. I think us teens deny anything bad possible that could happen to us, is because we don't want it to happen. We think if we're responsible enough that it can't happen. But anything is possible and there's always a chance it could. When we blame other people, I think it's because we're already stressed enough that we just don't want to deal with anything else.