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Meditation has many benefits in addition to making you feel great.
Meditation can help to:
Reduce stress
Improve overall health
Improve sleep
Provide emotional stability & positive thinking
Increase Happiness
Tired of being in a rut? Try meditating for a few minutes each day and see what impact it has on your well-being.
Check out the meditation apps on this page or see your counsellor for more info.
Meditation can help to:
Reduce stress
Improve overall health
Improve sleep
Provide emotional stability & positive thinking
Increase Happiness
Tired of being in a rut? Try meditating for a few minutes each day and see what impact it has on your well-being.
Check out the meditation apps on this page or see your counsellor for more info.
Stress
Studies have shown that excessive stress during your teens can have a negative impact upon both physical and mental health later in life. For example, teen stress is a risk factor for the development of depression, a serious condition that carries an increased risk of suicide.
We know that when teens are stressed many turn to alcohol or drugs but the problem with this is drugs and alcohol can make your body more responsive to the stress response. As a result, small problems produce big surges of stress chemicals.
What's more, these attempts with drugs and alcohol to mask stress often prevent the person from facing the problem directly. Therefore, problems tend to get worse rather than better.
Stress is a normal part of life that can either help us learn and grow or can cause us significant problems. However if you ignore it stress can have a negative impact to your health.
Fortunately, effective stress-management strategies can diminish the ill effects of stress.
Ways to Deal With Stress
We know that when teens are stressed many turn to alcohol or drugs but the problem with this is drugs and alcohol can make your body more responsive to the stress response. As a result, small problems produce big surges of stress chemicals.
What's more, these attempts with drugs and alcohol to mask stress often prevent the person from facing the problem directly. Therefore, problems tend to get worse rather than better.
Stress is a normal part of life that can either help us learn and grow or can cause us significant problems. However if you ignore it stress can have a negative impact to your health.
Fortunately, effective stress-management strategies can diminish the ill effects of stress.
Ways to Deal With Stress
- Regular Exercise
- Relaxation/Meditation (Guided Imagery, Progressive Muscle Relaxation- check out the info under the anxiety tab for examples orsee your counsellor )
- Watch a funny movie
- Take your dog for a walk/Play with animals
- 5 second breathing-breath in through your nose for 5 secs, hold and breath out through your mouth for 5 seconds- Repeat this several times
- Get Artsy-draw, paint, journal, scrapbook, play with playdough or clay
- Take a long bubble bath
- Try to eat healthy and avoid or decrease your caffeine intake
- Listen to relaxing music
- Do something fun or silly with your friends
- Connect with one of our peer listeners
- Talk to your school counsellor