Not in vain, many parents are apprehensive about when a child will reach adolescence. During this period, the young boys and girls are especially vulnerable. It happens that the disruptions occur on the slightest occasion, the nerves are constantly strained, and the management of their own emotions and behavior becomes impossible. The slightest misunderstanding, a trivial problem - and the teenager turns into a volcano, incinerating parents and parents, and teachers and classmates on their way. What are the causes of stress in modern adolescents? How to fix the situation? Let's understand.
Risk factors
The causes of stress in children during adolescence are so diverse that it is impossible to list them. Hidden or open resentment, serious troubles, critical situations (both real and imaginary), manifestation of any form of violence towards adolescents - all this can cause stress in adolescence. If an adult with a mature nervous system experiences this calmly, then the child has an internal panic or depression that causes psychological trauma.
From the age of twelve the child's body learns to cope with the storm of hormones, which often manifests itself as psychological suffering and even physical ailment. Parents of the teenager are required to teach him to control emotions, to control them, which guarantees the formation of an integral and harmonious personality.
If you identify the most common causes of adolescent stress, they will most likely be:
- dissatisfaction with their physical data (weight, height, appearance, awkwardness, weakness, etc.);
- situation in the family (quarrels, violence, death of a loved one, divorce, fights, alcoholism);
- relations with classmates and teachers (rivalry, inflated demands, school change, lack of progress, lack of friends);
- love (both responsive and unrequited);
- dangerous hobbies (involvement in various subcultures , drugs, alcohol ).
Long stay in such a psychological state for a teenager is fraught with serious problems, so parents should know how to relieve stress in a child and return him to a normal life.
Symptoms
You should take action if you find the following symptoms of stress in your child:
- chronic lack of sleep, fatigue, increase and decrease in appetite, drowsiness, apathy;
- separation from parents, friends, isolation;
- a sharp change in mood;
- a drop in self-esteem;
- lack of concentration of attention;
- addiction to tobacco, alcohol, drugs;
- excessive interest in losing weight.
It's no secret that prolonged stress is often the cause of deterioration in physical health. From stress in a child, even the temperature can rise! Scientists have proved that an adult who, during adolescence, has been in such a state for a long time, is more often sick, and his immunity is significantly weakened. What can we say about the deterioration of mental health? A teenager can not think of anything other than his problem, constantly looking for a way out. Well, if it is found, because in recent times, suicides among teenagers have ceased to be a rarity.
The fight against stress and its prevention
Let the child consider himself at the age of 12-15 years old, but the parental attention is simply necessary for him! It is important to create trusting and warm relations in the family in a friendly format, because for a child at this age "friendly" advice often means more than "parent". Of course, trust, freedom and opportunities for independent decision-making are a risk, but without this a full-fledged person can not be raised!
The best prevention of stress in children is love, attention, understanding, care, trusting relationships. A teenager who is confident that relatives in any situation will support, do not turn away, help, is protected from stress by a reliable shield called "family"!