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What I do to manage stress is to talk to someone. It makes me feel like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. But, I also do believe that my stress helps me to achieve things by pressuring me a little.

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I make choices every day that make a positive impact on my life. I:

-Get out of bed on time, with a positive attitude
-Make sure I'm caught up on schoolwork
-Choose the people I surround myself with wisely
-Manage my time wisely

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I make a lot of choices to reduce my stress and improve my mental health. I like to organize my thoughts and plans by making schedules and to-do lists, which makes me feel less overwhelmed. I talk to my friends as another way to organize my thoughts and rationalize them. I listen to music and take deep breathes if needed. Something we all do when we stress is overthink things, so I find that making my schedules and to-do lists helps me to realize my stress is mostly irrational.

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- How much you  work
- How much you sleep
- How well you groom yourself
- How you manage time
- Diet Choices
- Choice of Friends and associates
- Social Media choices
- Video Game time
- Drinking/Drugs/Smoking
- Course selection Choices
- Phone use decisions
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To help keep my stress levels down, I try to do all of my homework in class, so I don't have to worry about it interfering with my after-school activities. When there's too much homework and not enough time, I'll do it as soon as I get home. I also try to avoid situations that I know will be too stressful.

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Individual choices we make include the people we hang out with, the activities we are involved with and how we chose to deal with our feelings. For example, when we hangout with people who support us and lift us up we will feel happy. If we are with people who don’t treat us nicely or make us feel bad about ourselves it can bring down our self esteem. Activities can range from sports to drinking and smoking. If we are doing lots of physical activity and participate in team sports, we are letting out endorphins which lowers stress. If we are doing things like smoking it makes us more stressed and has been proven to cause mental illnesses. Finally how we chose to deal with our feelings affects our mental health. If we use coping strategies and recognize the problem so we can get help, we will feel better than if we don’t try to fix our problems.

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Switching up your environment and routine can benefit your mental health. Your surroundings can also effect your mental health, from the people you hang out with to the amount of sleep you get. It's important to make choices in your everyday life that will benefit your mental and physical heath

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There are many things I do to manage stress. For example, I think of stress as a good thing, that my stress is helping me. I also make sure to talk about anything that's bothering me with family or friends. I also will take a step back and take a breather and realize that everything will be ok

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Leah- Choices that influence mental health

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Leah- Choices that influence mental health

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Personally, I have found myself in situations where I feel overwhelmed by my

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To manage stress, I find that looking into the future helps. My life may be busy at the moment, but it may not be in a few days or weeks. That helps me because I know that even though right now is tough, but it won't be for long.

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I have various ways to keep my stress levels at bay. When I get stressed about something I go and partake in something I love, for example play the piano. Another way I deal with stress is going to hang out with friends that I feel comfortable with. When I get stressed I will take a few deep breaths and stretch to try to relax my self