STRESS

Negative Coping Strategies

Strategies that seem to temporarily relieve stress, but will also create more problems. The following are negative coping

strategies.

ALCOHOL

DRUGS

SMOKING

SEX

SORRY NO PICTURE!

DANGEROUS PRANKS AND VIOLENCE

OVEREATING

OVER EXERCISE

QUITTING

-SPORTS

-ACTIVITIES

-SCHOOL

-FAMILY

-FRIENDS

BECOMING A COUCH POTATO

SKIPPING SCHOOL

POSITIVE COPING

THESE FEEL GOOD, BUT ARE ONLY TEMPORARY!

RELAXATION TECHNIQUES

HYPNOSIS

ACUPUNCTURE

VISUAL IMAGERY

MASSAGE

MEDITATION

AROMA THERAPY

HERBAL REMEDIES

GINSENG

ST. JOHN’S WART

BE AWARE:THERE IS NO “MAGIC PILL”

The BEST way to cope with stress is to use

POSITVE LONG TERM STRATEGIES

1. EATING HABITS

- EAT BALANCED MEALS

- HAVE RESONABLE SNACKS (amount of and healthy snacks)

- UNDERSTAND: THERE ARE NO BAD FOODS, JUST BAD DECISIONS

- DO NOT DIET!! Teenagers are too young to put their bodies through fad diets.

AND DON’T FORGET WATER!

OOPS! ONLY IF YOU ARE A DOG!

OUR BODIES ARE 70% WATER! YOU NEEDS 8-10 GLASSES A DAY TO KEEP YOUR BRAIN OPERATING AT MAXIMUM!

2. GET ENOUGH SLEEP

SLEEP

*TEENS NEED MORE SLEEP (AVG=9.25 HOURS)

* FOR MOST TEENS, THAT’S DIFFICULT TO DO.

TRY FINDING A ROUTINE THAT WORKS FOR YOU.

*ARE YOU SLEEPY NOW?

3. EXERCISE

EXERCISE* PRODUCES ENDORPHINS!

* INCREASE ENERGY LEVEL

* DECREASES DEPRESSION/ANXIETY

WOW!

MUST HAVE ALL THREE:

EATINGSLEEPING

EXERCISING

EATING

SLEEPINGSLEEP

THE BASE

YOU CHOOSE WHAT, WHEN AND HOW MCUH YOU EAT.

YOU CHOOSE WHEN TO GO TO BED.

YOU CHOOSE TO EITHER EXERCISE OR BE A COUCH POTATO.

“LIFE IS WHAT YOU DO, AND YOU DO IT

UNTIL YOU DIE!”

STRESS IS ALL ABOUT CHOICES

DON’T JUST SIT BACK AND LET

THINGS HAPPEN.