4 Ways Teenagers Can Overcome Anxiety

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4 Ways Teenagers Can Overcome Anxiety Teenagers are always predisposed to experiencing stress and anxiety owing to the amount of changes that they endure during their teenage years. Teenagers are always struggling to balance a myriad of responsibilities that fall upon them as they juggle the many roles they play at once during those crucial years. Anxiety can present itself in many different ways to a teenager. Teenagers may describe this feeling as a sudden sense of fear, may experience difficulties at school pertaining to academics or peers or have recurring anxious thoughts. Anxiety is often an unspoken problem that most teenagers keep locked up within them. Apart from considering child therapy for your teen, as a parent, you can help your teenager with four easy techniques to significantly reduce the anxiety your teenager may feel. Move around, move a lot - Any therapist for teens recommends at least one hour of physical activity a day for growing adolescents and teenagers. Teenagers who don’t enjoy mainstream sports barely get any kind of physical activity. You must encourage your child to get moving and exercise regularly the way they like. Motivate them to find a sport or any physical activity they like and make it a habit. It could be just walking too. These activities release endorphins in the body which serve as a natural stress reliever and can boost mood. Help them get some good sleep - Teenagers may often find it very difficult to get good sleep owing to their constant worrying and stress. This may significantly affect their sleeping patterns and contribute to the problem at hand. Teenagers, on an average, need at least 8-9 hours of sound sleep. Encourage your teenagers to get a good amount of sleep on school nights, to not cram before exams into the wee hours of the night and get some relaxing sleep over the weekends too. This may significantly reduce the amount of stress a teenager may feel and help them cope. Let it go, vent it out - Most teenagers believe that adults don’t understand them and therefore hesitate to share their thoughts with their parents or their siblings. This is where a therapist can help. A therapist can help your teenager understand where the anxiety they feel is stemming from and then target that part of their life to nip the problem in the bud. Apart from the technical aspects of therapy, it can give your child a safe environment to express themselves freely, without the fear of judgement. Venting, expressing, emoting and sharing can significantly reduce anxiety and relieve your teenager of the stress of keeping it all in. If you are wondering where you can find a suitable therapist for teens Mumbai offers many experienced and trusted professionals. Eat right, live right - Teenagers are most often seen binging on anything that comes out of a wrapper, snacking on unhealthy snacks and guzzling down an unhealthy amount of soda. It is true that you are what you eat and so as parents, you can encourage your child http://www.tanuchoksi.in/


to develop a healthy relationship with food that is good for them. Try to integrate fruits and vegetables into their diet and avoid unhealthy eating habits like consumption of junk food more than once a week and worst of all - skipping meals. A healthy body fosters a healthy mind and a healthy mind is stress free.

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