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In my opinion the common causes of teens stress are relationships, peer pressure, body shaming, academic pressure and bullying. I think the most common cause among Portuguese teens is bullying because lots of teenagers suffer from bullying in Portugal.

To help solving the problem we should report to the teachers and parents because they are the best people to deal with the problem and they have enough power to call the attention of the authorities, if needed.

To deal with the stress triggers we should use relation techniques or meditation because this helps to concentrate and avoid stress.

In conclusion, mental health is very important to everyone.

Uriel

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Teenagers usually deal not that good with anxiety and stress.

The main causes of stress are school (academic pressure), friends or family relationships and body shaming.

However Friends can help us deal with that, like being there, giving us advices, support, and the most important of all listening to our problems. Teens, also do relaxation techniques, they work out…

Sometimes we just need to take a breath and forget about everything that is happening around us!

Matilde Lemos

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In my opinion, teenagers have more and more anxiety and stress because of school, although school is very important, it is also quite rigorous and tiring, we run out of time to be with our family to study or do our homework. Teenagers are always able to deal with academic pressure, but in my opinion we should have a day at least once a week to just do what we like without thinking about school, if we have time :( .

Lara Azevedo

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Maintaining a good mental health isn't always that easy. Some of the main stress triggers are academic pressure, relationships, anxiety and body shaming. But we don't have to fight against it all by ourselves, we can always talk to a good friend and ask for help. If they are truthful and care about us, they'll help us without thinking twice. They give us support, advice, solutions and will always listen.

We can cry, freak out and so on, but we also need have a break from everything and everyone that bothers us, and we can do it by hanging out with friends, working out, reading, sleeping or going to a calm place with fresh air. There are also psychologists we can visit and talk to. We don't need to be alone in this battle. We need to prioritize mental health such as physical health.

Gonçalo Costa

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From my perspective, teenagers tend to generate stress due to school pressure or the relationship they have with their family. Friends can help advise or support, but unfortunately not all "friends" want to help us, so I recommend a psychologist, in addition to the psychologist being confidential, also as a professional, can help the teenager with stress and anxiety triggers, such as relaxation techniques.

-Beatriz Lima-

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Mental health is very important especially in a teens life!

Teens nowadays tend to feel a lot of stress by multiple things such as, academic pressure, body shaming, Anxiety and relationships. These in my opinion are the most common, almost every teen has anxiety, and suffers body shaming do to what they see and hear from social media.

But since there’s a solution for everything, there’s also a solution for this!

If your suffering from this, or anything else actually, you should always have a friend that you can count on, that you feel comfortable talking your situation to, a friend that will just listen to you and won’t judge. And if you don’t have one friend or a relative like that, that’s fine you can always count with yourself.

There’s a lot of stuf you can do to help or prevent these events like working out, sticking to routines, hanging out with friends, read, and sometimes just being alone in a calming place just listening to nature and what the world give us.

Francisca

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In my opinion, the stress level of teenagers increases with responsibility.

As we grow, responsibility increases, which can make changes to relationships with parents, family and friends.

Stress levels can often lead to anxiety attacks, panic and even depression due to situations that occur at school.

Friends can and should help to give advice, support and courage. If this is not possible, they should seek help from a psychologist or a close and trustworthy family member.

It also helps to do regular exercise to relax from str

stress.

Rafael Silva

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Teenagers do not deal well with anxiety and stress, the causes of this are academic pressure, friends, family, relationships, body shaming and much more.

I think the solution is to have a friend we trust to support us, give us advice or simply listen to us.

I also think that if we didn't have anyone to talk to, we could do things we like most like doing sports, reading, listening to music, enjoying nature, which is so beautiful, and relaxing.

I think that sometimes we need to disconnect a little from what is around us and value what is most important!

Sabrina Ferreira

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As a teenager, I think we don’t know how to deal with anxiety and stress very well.

The main causes of stress are academic pressure and family relationships.

Friends are very important because they can help you with your problems, because they will probably understand it very well.

When we are stressed we can work out, connect with others, do meditation, hang out with friends...

Leonor

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Being a teenager is realy hard, we have to deal constantly with academic pressure, and we probably don't know how to deal with that.

Sometimes we are the ones who put stress on ourselves, because we want to be perfect in everything, and that's quite impossible; but most of the time we're stressed about the tests, homeworks, family relationships and body shaming.

I think our friends can help us sharing experiences and discussing common difficulties, so that we can find solutions to academic challenges together.

It's always good to have someone to listen to us, and who will understand us perfectly.

Sara Pereira

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For me , i think its obvious that the school is the main source of our stress,as a teenager i can tell that most of our problems are somehow related to school.

From my point of view there isnt much we can do to help ourselves, i think we should just give it our best, at least to make our year worthy,even though it will probably make things more stressful.

Still, making out with friends and doing the things we like and are passionate about can help a lot ,it wont make things disappear but it can help our mental health :)

Maria S :}

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For me the main cause of teen stress are the school or academic pressure but are more causes like body shaming bullying, family relationships, anxiety and panic attacks and peer pressure.

To solve this problems we need to have frends, this friends can help us by giving advices and being a good listener.

We can deal with this problems by asking for help to our friends and family and also with relaxation techniques like staying positive, working out and hanging out with friends.

Martim Pinto

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In my opinion teenagers have too much stress because of the school, principaly the academic pressure, the bullying, the stress and anxiety for the tests and exams, but there are also other stress triggers like the body shaming, peer pressure and a bad relationship with parents. This problems can be solved, for exemple, hanging out with our friends and talk to them about our problems can help with that, and use another relaxion techniques, like meditation or work out.

In conclusion, teens have too much stress because of the school and we have to know how to deal with this.

Tiago Mota

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Every single teenager has gone or is going through many stress triggers. They can be related to academic pressure, insecurities, losing people you love, even something as simple as not getting a question right, and that's completely normal. But we still have to fight against it.

Don't get me wrong, I know it's not as easy as others may say, but if we just let the problems stay, they'll keep growing and growing until we can't do anything about it.

There are some solutions on how to help you deal with all these problems:

Hanging out with friends, having someone to keep you company is great;

Working out, even for non-sporty people. Going for a walk or playing a sport you like can relieve your mind;

Doing activities that keep you at ease, like reading, drawing, painting, listening to music, etc...;

Last but not least, relaxation techniques. Learn how to keep yourself calm when experiencing stressing scenarios.

Luísa Figueiredo

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I think what causes the most stress in teenagers is academic pressure , peer pressure , body shaming and family inssues.

To solve these problems we have to find our peace: go out with friends, watch the sunset, go to the beach ,do sports and listen to music...

Sometimes all we need is a hug, so I think to help us with our problems friends have to hug us and make us feel safe with them.

Carolina Leite

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Being a teenager is obviously not easy, every day we have to deal with some problems that may be related to family or school issues.

Teenagers tend to experience stress due to, for example, body shame, academic pressure, peer pressure, anxiety, depression, relationships and friendships.

I recommend having a friend in whom we can trust everything, tell secrets, vent, someone who will just listen to us and not judge.

I'm recommending a friend, just as I recommend a family member or adult who we trust and who will listen to us, like a psychologist.

There are many things you can do to avoid these events, such as crying, freaking out, reading, sleeping, hanging out with friends, working out, or relaxing in a place that is comfortable.

If you feel like something isn't going well, don't try to ignore it, let it out and do everything you can to feel good about yourself!

Catarina Almeida

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Sometimes the school puts a lot of pressure on us, because not all of us deal well with the fact that we have tests, homework, group work, presentation and so on.

Rafael Mota

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In my opinion, students experience anxiety and stress because of academic pressure.

To deal with academic pressure, teenagers listen to music that they can relate to at the moment, do sports or hanging out with friends. They usually do some activities to forget everything that is going on in their lives. Teenagers need someone to help them and listen to their problems. Sometimes they just need someone to support them like a best friend!!

Rafaela Reis