During my time of being alive and going to a series of schools, I have had to deal with a lot of pressures. It can come and hit us in the stomach whenever and wherever. It's horrible to be under pressure.
One of the main pressures I've had to deal with for most of my life is how I look and act. This is probably the first pressure teenagers and young adults deal with.
When I first started high school, being the little nerd I am, I thought I had to be popular and pretty and perfect. A pressure began to settle over me as I progressed through my first year of homework and new friends. Wherever I looked and saw a girl in my year, I would compare myself to them. I would rate the girl on a popularity scale I had created in my head, it usually being right as I heard a lot because I was quiet and people trusted me.
I needed to be like the popular girls, who were actually very nice and not at all stereotypical (give or take a few). I would ask my mum to take me to all the 'cool girl shops' (which is near enough Topshop and Primark.)
Eventually, I grew out of the phase and started to appreciate my friends and even made a few new ones! The pressure is still there, slightly.
Another pressure teens deal with is Exam pressure. Something that makes me freak out. Even just the simplest of tests makes me go into a frenzy of panic and manic note taking. Now, just imagine me revising for my GCSES (no, I am not in year 11). Just imagine it.
This also ties in with parent pressure, because as most parents go, they want you to do well in school and in life in general. Sometimes that can be exaggerated to a point of ''helicopter parenting''.
Finally, the worst pressure, I personally think is peer pressure. Your friends might pressure you into smoking, drinking alcohol, or doing something you really don't want to do. It can make you think about if you are really friends with these people. Be friends with the people that make you feel special and people that make you laugh. Not the people that use you and hurt you.
To handle pressure, you need to look at things in perspective. Is it really rational to stress about what you're going to wear for non-uniform day? No, not really.
I hope you are enjoying my blog and I will start to update it more often!
My heart, my stories xx
One of the main pressures I've had to deal with for most of my life is how I look and act. This is probably the first pressure teenagers and young adults deal with.
When I first started high school, being the little nerd I am, I thought I had to be popular and pretty and perfect. A pressure began to settle over me as I progressed through my first year of homework and new friends. Wherever I looked and saw a girl in my year, I would compare myself to them. I would rate the girl on a popularity scale I had created in my head, it usually being right as I heard a lot because I was quiet and people trusted me.
I needed to be like the popular girls, who were actually very nice and not at all stereotypical (give or take a few). I would ask my mum to take me to all the 'cool girl shops' (which is near enough Topshop and Primark.)
Eventually, I grew out of the phase and started to appreciate my friends and even made a few new ones! The pressure is still there, slightly.
Another pressure teens deal with is Exam pressure. Something that makes me freak out. Even just the simplest of tests makes me go into a frenzy of panic and manic note taking. Now, just imagine me revising for my GCSES (no, I am not in year 11). Just imagine it.
This also ties in with parent pressure, because as most parents go, they want you to do well in school and in life in general. Sometimes that can be exaggerated to a point of ''helicopter parenting''.
Finally, the worst pressure, I personally think is peer pressure. Your friends might pressure you into smoking, drinking alcohol, or doing something you really don't want to do. It can make you think about if you are really friends with these people. Be friends with the people that make you feel special and people that make you laugh. Not the people that use you and hurt you.
To handle pressure, you need to look at things in perspective. Is it really rational to stress about what you're going to wear for non-uniform day? No, not really.
I hope you are enjoying my blog and I will start to update it more often!
My heart, my stories xx