What can you do?
What can you do?
What can you do?
Have you ever wondered why you feel stressed before some school assignments but not before others?
Not every situation is equally stressful for everyone. Different factors determine how stressful you find a situation…
Imagine you are taking a math test tomorrow….
How do you assess the situation?
Is the situation important to me?
“It doesn’t matter what grade I get.”
“I really need to get a good grade.”
Is the situation difficult for me?
“The test will be easy.”
“The test will be really difficult.”
Do I think I can handle the situation?
“I am well prepared to manage this.”
“I don’t really understand anything… I’ll definitely mess up the test.”
Do I have support to handle the situation?
“I prepared for the test by studying with my friends.”
“While preparing for the test, I couldn’t ask anyone for help.”
Is the situation important to me?
“It doesn’t matter what grade I get.”
“I really need to get a good grade.”
Is the situation difficult for me?
“The test will be easy.”
“The test will be really difficult.”
Do I think I can handle the situation?
“I am well prepared to manage this.”
“I don’t really understand anything… I’ll definitely mess up the test.”
Do I have support to handle the situation?
“I prepared for the test by studying with my friends.”
“While preparing for the test, I couldn’t ask anyone for help.”
The more important and difficult a situation is for you,
the less you may think you can handle it!
The less support you have,
the more stressful the situation will seem!
But we can influence how stressful we find things to be! Our thoughts alone can have a huge impact! Imagine how each of these thoughts might make you feel and how they might impact your stress level.
You can lower your stress by thinking more helpful thoughts and preparing yourself better?
Here are more ideas on how to tackle stressful situations:
Click on each of the question marks for ideas on how to manage stress. Try a couple and if that’s not enough, try some more!
If you can’t change a stressful situation, you can still lessen your body’s physical response to it.
For example, when you are stressed about tests at school, you can’t just say “I’m not going to school anymore“.
But, you can still help yourself by slowing your heart rate down, feeling less tense, and thinking about something other than schoolwork.
Many studies have shown that three things in particular help reduce stress:
Many studies have shown that three things in particular help reduce stress:
Finding balance
Being physically active
Practicing relaxation exercises
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Now you know more about how to reduce stress.
Next, learn how to become even more relaxed!
How about you?
Go back here. Check out what your stress level looks like right now and determine your stress score.