tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74744565647928982552024-03-13T17:01:43.119+08:00Teenage Advisorteenageadvisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09841265610582078734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474456564792898255.post-36308448041336332982010-12-15T17:55:00.002+08:002010-12-15T17:55:18.390+08:00Welcoming Note<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Fellow Visitor,</span></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<i>Teenage Advisor Inc.</i> </span></div></div>teenageadvisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09841265610582078734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474456564792898255.post-19928808095569417212010-12-15T17:34:00.008+08:002010-12-17T19:55:02.286+08:00Stress<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2rl3kPv44cc0z8Nt2LDGRtWEgXs4ejrD4tSKRVSOzqiUQ4M1aX6lfryntxWT9S5hAGbd1nKtXKmYub9bB-JnpKYN6MkRH7XFn8KnPlTxWOiqnKOlO6bv8vET_RJJVDtPDQSCElkDwBY/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2rl3kPv44cc0z8Nt2LDGRtWEgXs4ejrD4tSKRVSOzqiUQ4M1aX6lfryntxWT9S5hAGbd1nKtXKmYub9bB-JnpKYN6MkRH7XFn8KnPlTxWOiqnKOlO6bv8vET_RJJVDtPDQSCElkDwBY/s400/images.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Snap ITC';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 20px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I absolutely hated the high school years of my life. My dad was a real estate agent and because of his job, we had to move often. I switched communities and schools so many times, I never really had a close-knit group of friends. It was painfully hard to be at different schools all the time, and I was so overwhelmed with stress, I began to cut myself to release the tension inside me. I know my brother did it as well, and not long after, my parents noticed this. We all sat down one night and had a deep family discussion. My dad finally changed his job and we finally settled down. I’m much happier now in college.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> LadyInPink, 19.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I was 15 years old, when I fell into a romantic relationship with a gorgeous chick who was 2 years my senior. We were madly in love with each other. After a while, she began to coax me into having sex with her. I know this is odd, and it’s pretty rare for a guy to turn down sex with someone as hot as she is, but I did. I told her about my wanting to save it for marriage. Soon, she started to distant herself from me and turned cold towards me. For nights I couldn’t sleep and days I couldn’t eat. I thought and thought about whether I should have said yes to her. It was very, very stressful. I’m glad I had a talk with my best friend and parents and decided to completely end the relationship with her. It was for the best.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Drummerboy, 18.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I come from a family of high achievers. So it was only natural of my parents to have the same high expectations of me. I myself set exceedingly great targets to achieve. Then, for one assessment I had in school, I ended up with a C-. I was crushed. I had never, ever gotten anything below an A before in any of my tests. I didn’t dare tell my parents, or any of my siblings. I cried myself to sleep for nights. That lasted for one week. One entire week of stress, frustration and disappointment. Little did I know my friends found out about my results and informed my parents about it. One day I came home to find all of them; my parents, siblings, friends, plus my teacher, gathered at my place where they threw me a surprise ‘cheer-up’ party. Best day of my life.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Blackcat, 18.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Batik Regular'; font-size: 45pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 23px;">Stress is our body’s way of responding to a demand. It is the emotional and physical strain experienced when faced with an external pressure.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: 'Australian Sunrise'; font-size: 45pt; line-height: 115%;">Stress</span><span style="font-family: 'Australian Sunrise'; font-size: 40pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">faced by a </span><span style="font-family: QuigleyWiggly; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">typical</span><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 23pt; line-height: 115%;">adolescent</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="style1" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 23pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; font-size: 15pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="style1" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 23pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; font-size: 15pt;">What causes Stress??</span><span style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="style1" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Snap ITC';"><br />
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margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Being teased or verbally tormented</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Being ‘left out’</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Relationship issues<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Quarrels/ misunderstandings with a loved one <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 90pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Parent<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 90pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sibling<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 90pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">partner<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Family problems/ conflicts <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; 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margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 90pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">sibling rivalry<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dating insecurities</span> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 90pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not good enough for the partner</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 90pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Pressurized into having sex <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">break-up with a boyfriend or girlfriend<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">death of a loved one<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">school-related problems or pressures</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">exam stress </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 90pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Have very high expectations </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 54pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">workload stress </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 90pt; margin-right: 30pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Involved in too many activities or projects </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Snap ITC'; 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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.25pt;"><div style="font-size: 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; font-size: 15pt;">Did you Know??<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<ul style="font-size: 31px; margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.25pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;">Girls are more easily affected emotionally by stress compared to boys. However, physiologically, girls exhibit smaller changes in blood pressure when stressed compared to boys.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Girls – more open and willing to seek help from others to reduce stress.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Boys - when stressed, will keep it inside them, try to ignore it, or push it out of their minds by getting involved in other activities. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</span></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 31px; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;">A study was conducted to see how both female and male adolescents cope with stress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 31px; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;"> For boys approximately<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><ul style="font-size: 31px;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;">30% avoided or refused to deal with their stress, <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">26% sought ways to distract themselves away from their stress, <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">19% sought support <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">38% actively tried to reduce their stress.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</span></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 31px; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;">For girls, approximately <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 31px; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;">21% avoided or refused to deal with their stress, <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 31px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">16% sought ways to distract themselves away from their stress, <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 31px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">27% sought support, and <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 31px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">52% actively tried to remove or reduce their stress.<br />
Curious still? Read more <a href="http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-stress/stress-statistics.html">here</a>.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; font-size: 15pt;">How do we help them deal with stress?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Spot likely sources of stress. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Help the adolescent to identify them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Encourage him/ her to talk and discuss about it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -18.0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>I.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Be willing to listen and be patient<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -18.0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>II.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Offer reassurance, encouragement, and support</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -18.0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>III.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Be willing to provide verbal or physical comfort</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -18.0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>IV.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Promote self expression of their feelings in forms of poems , essays, drawings<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -18.0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>V.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Engage them in fun and enjoyable activities (eg. sports, shopping outings)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -18.0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -18.0pt; tab-stops: list 72.0pt; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 30.0pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; font-size: 15pt;">What Happens when one is overloaded with stress?? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 38.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Withdraws from society or keeps to oneself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 38.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Becomes aggressive<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 38.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Falls ill easily<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 38.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Turns to drugs or alcohol<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 38.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Inflicts self-injury <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 38.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Has eating disorders<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 38.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">May have suicidal tendencies</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>References:</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 38.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://publicaffairs.uth.tc.edu/hleader/archive/Children_Teens/2006/stress-1129.html">http://publicaffairs.uth.tc.edu/hleader/archive/Children_Teens/2006/stress-1129.html</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wolfescape.com/Humour/WorkStress.htm">http://www.wolfescape.com/Humour/WorkStress.htm</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-stress/stress-statistics.html">http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-stress/stress-statistics.html</a></span></div></div>teenageadvisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09841265610582078734noreply@blogger.com