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Dare to be Stronger BY: CARLY CANTOR | INSTAGRAM: @CARLY.CANTOR
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eing able to cope with life’s most prominently difficult challenges is extremely strenuous, and having no outlet for your feelings can make one feel alone and lost in their problems. As teenagers, we often feel we cannot talk to adults about our problems and believe they won’t understand. Therefore, turning to our friends for help instead, but sometimes this can be unhealthy. We shouldn’t have to deal with our problems alone, but our friends most likely have burdens to carry themselves. Though one should never suffer in silence, if you feel you cannot talk to anybody about what’s bothering you, you should work on bettering yourself instead. Speaking from experience, some things helped me when going through rough times:
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At first, it was difficult to establish a routine for me during certain periods in my life, but once I found something that worked for me, it made me so much more productive.
BAKING.
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Not everybody is a baker, and not everybody may want to make a cake from scratch. However, baking is a technique many use to relieve stress. It’s cheap and accessible to all because of premade mixes. One can easily make many simple pastries and desserts, such as cakes, brownies, Cinnabons, etc.
JOURNALING.
Writing out or even drawing your feelings could be a possible artistic outlet for your emotions. Some may prefer this aesthetically pleasing way to vent, but there is also a different way to perceive this—a rage book. Personally, I like to keep certain pages in my journal dedicated explicitly to scribbles and random shapes to express anger. However, some may want to express that in their entire journal or not at all. Know that there is no correct way to vent, and it is all up to the creator. The entire purpose is to do what relieves you. 14
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