Stress And Its Effect On Our Lives - 1494 Words

Sinister Stress Everyone has stress, but not everyone realizes the impact it has on their lives. Most people don’t realize or understand the amount of stress they are under. What used to be considered extreme levels of stress has become normal in today’s society. Most people, adults especially, don’t realize that teens largely experience these high levels of stress. Before talking about the stress that teens experience, though, it is best to understand what stress is and why one has it. Stress is a natural response and reaction the body experiences to things that occur in life, both to and around a person. Humans have had stress since their first creation. It is a survival instinct, enabling our flight or fight mode, only nowadays it has†¦show more content†¦It is a constant pressure that sits on a teen’s shoulders. Adults are constantly pushing students to work harder, get better grades, get to class on time, and have all their work finished and done correctly ( Gregson par. 3). What’s so hard about that? one might think. Well, what most people don’t realize it that it is harder than it sounds. Many teens are involved in extracurricular activities, like clubs, sports, and jobs as well. There is only so much in a day and so many things that they have to do within that limited amount of time. Teens are at school most of the day, then many of them either have to go to some sort of practice, meeting, job, or do chores at home. Usually by the time they are free to do their homework it is late. Not to mention the sizable amounts of homework that is dolled out to them. Sometimes they are given large amounts of work in just one class, along with the work they may receive in the many other classes they are enrolled in. Fear is also another stressor teens experience much of. Teens have the constant fear of not being enough, not doing enough, and most of all failure in life (Lee 4-5). Fear somewhat relates to the stress teens experience because of school- fear of a bad grade, fear of not getting their homework done on time, fear of being late to class, or even fear of not being able to understand what is being taught. While school and fear are obvious sources of stress