 Side Effects of Teen Stress
- Loss of sleep
- Poor performing in school
- Aggressive reaction
- Become overwhelmed
- Appearing of baggy skin below the eyes
- Back aching
- Increased blood pressure
In total all these can lead to further emotional or physical problems such as depression or health concerns that compound as you get older. But in fact stress is not in itself a bad thing all of the time. It has been proved that our body has a nature response mechanism to help us deal with stress. It is called the fight or flight response. Our body reacts to the stress by powering up some specific hormones and the nervous system. The hormones increase our heart beating, breathing, blood, and metabolism. Then our muscles strain and are ready for action. In such moment even our vision improves. Sweat glands chug into overdrive and often we can notice an overdose of sweat in situations of stress. This flight or fight reaction can be incredible helpful to us in an extreme situations. All the above can help us react with increased speed and quickness, in effect our body goes into pressure mode and we can perform better. Good stress can help us slam on the brakes to avoid an accident.
In case of long-term stress our body overreacts to the situation, health effects of this stress are usually negative. They can occur because if our body keeps going into pressure mode, it can tax our extra reserves of hormones and overworks our body.
When stress overloads teenagers’ lives, they feel it both physically and emotionally. Their neurotransmitter system in their brain begins to fail. The first neurotransmitter normally to temporarily shut down is a body clock, and this usually causes insomnia. The second one is in charge of energy levels and that will cause a lessening of wanting to get things done. The final neurotransmitter is in the pleasure part of the brain and will cause sadness and even depression.
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