Managing Stress

by Joan Esherick

Overview

Are you anxious? Irritable? Feeling depressed? Having trouble sleeping? Feeling tired all the time? If these symptoms describe you, you may have too much stress in your life! Stress is a fact of life. We all live with it. We all experience its effects. The exhilarated rider on a roller coaster experiences one kind of stress. The terrified victim of assault experiences another. Too many teens, however, deal with a potentially harmful, even deadly form of stress: chronic stress. This book offers teens a primer on stress: What is it? From where does it come? How does it help us? How can it cause harm? How do we know if we're under too much stress? What unhealthy ways of handling stress should we avoid? What healthy ways of stress management can we embrace? What tips or strategies might help us better handle the sources of stress in our lives? If you want to know how to manage stress better, sidebars, easy-to-understand statistics, and real-life case studies make this book an informative, interesting read.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422290095
Publisher:	Mason Crest
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Series:	Guide to the Science of Health Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Lexile:	1050L (what's this?)
File size:	15 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Stressed to the Max: Teens Under Pressure 11

2 The Causes of Stress 25

3 How Stress Affects Your Body, Mind, and Emotions 43

4 How Stress Affects Your Relationships and Responsibilities 63

5 Handling Stress, Part One: Flight Isn't Always Bad 79

6 Handling Stress, Part Two: Facing Stress Head-On 97

Further Reading 119

For More Information 121

Glossary 123

Index 125

Picture Credits 127

Biographies 128