Causes of Teen Stress

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Nowadays, the population is at an all time high. The biggest issue that arises from our highly populated world is the competition in which everyone faces in order to succeed. The cut-throat competition leads many teens into a state of overwhelming stress. Stress affects many people of many different ages, however, the most prominent cases are in teenagers. Why? Teenagers are expected to be the best at everything. If one doesn’t thrive academically or socially, they are marked off as a failure. Along with healthy personal family relations, teens are also expected to maintain perfect grades and have a social life. Many teens report that the overbearing expectations to be “the perfect child” lead to unnecessary stress and depression. Teens may experience stress due to family pressures and problems. Tensions between parents, a recent divorce, alcoholism or drug abuse in the family, and parents who are not involved with their children’s lives may all cause stress for teens. Economic hardships may result from any of the previously listed family tensions and poverty may leave teens feeling financially helpless. Divorce may strain parent-child relationships, and may leave teens feeling abandoned. (www.emeryondivorce.com) Arguments with siblings, disagreements with parents over rules and expectations and the need to constantly care for younger siblings may also contribute to teenage stress. Another type of stress many teenagers are faced with is social balance. Reputations are something taken very seriously in today's youth. Teenagers are constantly trying to impress their peers. Social media plays a huge role in the judgement of how popular someone is. Grooming your physical appearances, along with the way you appear on social media accounts, for much of the overexertion of stress teenagers deal with. In some cases, the desire to be "cool" is taken to extremes and
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