What Causes Teens to Stress?
83% of teens suffer form stress due to the pressures that they feel from school.
Many Teens also suffer from stress due to the unrealistic expectations from their
family
Causes for the Different types of stress
Acute Stress
Acute stress disorder (ASD) is caused when an individual witnesses, experiences or is confronted with one or more traumatic events. These traumatic events can include;
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Death
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Threat of death to themselves or others
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Threat of serious injury to themselves or others
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Threat of physical integrity to themselves or others.
Episodic Acute Stress
Episodic acute stress is caused when someone experiences frequent periods of acute stress. Episodic acute stress usually occurs when people take on more projects than they can handle, this then often leads to them constantly being in a rush, being very disorganised and are often running late.
Chronic Stress
Chronic stress is caused when an individual feels like they are trapped in a situation. Some of these situations include;
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An over demanding job
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Unhappy marriage
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Desperate financial situation