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Growing up, I was taught to always pray to God for guidance, support, and to give thanks. Whenever I face problems I pray to God that I have the strength to deal with it and miraculously I do.

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Through the affect coping strategy, I can vent out my emotions/feelings, so that  there is no need for me to bottle all of these in. Some problems are too much for me, which makes me cry. I immediately seek support from my sister, and we can talk things through. Sharing lessens the burden in my heart since I can release the emotions and be assured that someone is listening carefully and is willing to extend a helping hand whenever I need it. Afterward, there will be a sense of relief and validation, and I will be able to continue doing my tasks.

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Taking time out to spend and having fun with my baby brother is a great way to reduce my overall stress levels. My baby brother is someone I consider a stress-reliever because he makes my life that much more fun despite being a very naughty child. Like any adolescent, I become stressed by a certain pressure or challenge, and it is essential for me to distract myself and keep my mind and body relaxed from stressful times.

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As an adolescent who rarely expresses any emotion, stress accumulates within me easily. Mood swings become increasingly common. I am not a physically fit person, so physical activities are not for me. I also suffer from being pessimistic and cynical in life thus the perfect solution is to make a poem. The act of creating something using your darkest emotions is a beautiful aspect of human nature. Making a poem allows me to transfer all of my negative thoughts into an aesthetic arrangement of words. Stress is the necessary ingredient in making the poem more luscious in sentiments and passions. Sometimes when I cannot sleep, it is because there is an idea in my head and I have to grab my pencil and make a poem.

Attached is a poem I recently made entitled "My Sanctuary". Hope you like it :)

- Van Kristian Cuadra

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Biking helps me cope with stress and challenges because it is very effective for me to become energetic and well oriented. It helps me to become physically fit and enjoy going from one place to another instead of just staying at home, I am a person who loves to explore places which to me helps let go of stress. It helps me cope with stress and challenges as an adolescent because I enjoy biking together with my cousins and friends in which we exert our time in bonding with each other.

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Dogs are considered as man’s best friend. Playing with my dog greatly decreases my stress levels as playing with him allows me to get my mind off things, take some time away from responsibilities and have fun. His slobbery licks and playful bites distracts me and eases my mind. His companionship calms and destresses me.

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In times when I'm filled with stress I read a book all about self-help so that I can be guided on how to cope with my problems in certain stages of my life. This book in the picture has helped me for months and it is a great tool for keeping my mind on tiptop shape. I can say that this is an important factor in my life.

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This coping strategy helps me cope with stress and the challenges I face as an adolescent by giving me an avenue to divert my attention away from the problems especially when it all becomes too much for me to handle. By utilizing the physical coping strategy, The burden and weight of the problems which is mostly all mental, is shared with the other aspects of my body and it keeps the thoughts moving and not just stuck in a storm.

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I Don't Stress. It makes you look old and It's 2020 stress is most likely non-existent anymore.

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All my life I always wanted to learn. Stress is very common especially on adolescent stage and when I am stress I always look for books that I can study and learn on. Learning for me is my stress reliever.

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Playing games, Listening to music and reading pdf like Game of Thrones

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Playing games, Listening to music and reading pdf like Game of Thrones

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When I experience stress I will just have my me time. Playing games helps me divert my stress into fun times. Listening to music makes me relax and helps me calm my mind. Reading books helps me see the perspective of others and how to think like that character who have also gone stress. All I want when I get stressed out is just a time for myself.

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When I'm in stress my only solution is to disconnect from reality by sleeping and letting my mind rest, that is why my favorite hobby is sleeping.

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When I'm in stress, I eat and sleep because it gives me energy to think well and do some activities. I may be skinny but I eat when I'm stessed. It gives me the energy to think and at the same time makes my tummy full. When I sleep, my mind rests and stops thinking about the problem that I have. Also, it helps me do more activities because my body and mind got a rest :).

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Coming from a different religion, I am enrolled in our seminary class where we discuss about the Gospel and principles in life. Given the current pandemic that we face, our seminary classes are also done virtually and I think this is one way for me to still be connected with God. The lessons I learn help me become better each day and this is one of the ways I gain peace and comfort during troubling times.

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As we grow up, we encounter things that will change our own perspective and one of which is coping up with stress. We tend to have different strategies in dealing with our own inhibitions. As an adolescent, this coping strategy help me cope up with stress and challenges by making me express and ventilate my emotions. Through expressing my feelings, I can ease off my burden and negative emotions.This is also a step for me to build trust and good relationship with others.

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I often find myself repeating the same routine where I play games with my friends and read slice of life manga works; along with the usual social media surfing. I tend to always go back to either of the two since it is a means for me to escape from my personal stress and whatever is troubling me. Playing games distracts me from the real world by focusing my attention and thoughts onto the game itself and what to do in it. Whereas not doing such lets my mind wander and end up worrying about the stress again. The same can be said for reading comics and graphic novels. Finding different stories immerses me into the setting and world of the characters to the point where I feel whatever the characters are facing rather than what I am dealing with myself in the real world. Having different distractions are ways for me to momentarily forget the things I stress on by making myself enjoy the moment rather than overthink and concern myself with stress.

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Reading while listening to music and playing games

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Reading while listening to music and playing games

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The strategy helps me relax my mind and is a way to stay away from stress and from problems. It helps me forget about the problems and helps me clear my mind and focus on what is to come next.

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Prayer helps me in coping with stress and challenges that I face as an adolescent because through praying to God for guidance and strength, it actually gives me peace and relief. Moreover, having personal reflection or self-reflection even just for a while (by thinking or sometimes by writing) also helps me in a way that it gives me the opportunity to reflect upon certain things, to vent out emotions or feelings, and also to motivate myself to improve and do better.

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Playing games or watching sitcoms, for me, is an effective tool in helping me cope with stress and anything in general because it makes me feel untroubled and relaxed. I could say that I am rarely affected by stress because I don't concern myself with it, and playing games and watching series is what I do all day, which means I don't have time for negative feelings, like anxiety and stress.
-Parales, Alexis J.

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Being imaginative helps me to cope up with stress, it is because I always think positive. For me, being imaginative is looking into the positive and the more creative side of life. Anxieties and difficulties can make me more stressed sometimes. Every time I have a problem I always imagine and think that it is just a challenge for me to test my ability to cope up with stress. I believed that "Everything happens for a reason" and that everything will be fine.

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During these hard times, stress is really inevitable as it is really hard to cope things up by yourself especially you are really restricted on what you do during quarantine. Luckily I have found my best way to cope up with stress. Through reading Rom-Com and slice of life genre Manga, it really helps me lift up my mood because it helps me immerse the setting and feeling of the story. In addition to that, while reading I prefer listening to calm and soft music as it comforts me through giving me the possibility to leave reality. Through this, It helps me have my me time and helps me calm myself in times of stress.

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For me, dancing has been a way to express myself and escape reality to spend time with my team and especially my friends. Whenever I dance, I can say I can escape reality because of how I intentionally forget the things I would need to get done and be in the moment. Through dancing, I would be able to cope with stress and other challenges I face by also remembering that there would be a time to take a break and never stress out too much.

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As someone who rarely opens up through words, I make songs and poems relating to what I feel.Whenever I feel stressed or depressed about something, I tend to think of a word and make it a poem or think of a tune and make it a song. I cope through this strategy to at least distract me from the stress and make me calm for a moment. Doing this gives me relief and positivity that I can face challenges not just thinking about the stress but also about how I can put my creativity into it.

Here is the tune of a song I made called "Boundaries" back in 2019 which I actually dedicated to my closest friend at that time.

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Whenever I feel stress, I just play basketball. Basketball is one of my stress relievers in life because when I play it makes me happy. Also, this is one way to make my physical health and mental health healthy. As I play basketball it makes me tired then it results in having a good night rest or sleep and with that it makes me healthy in both physical and mental.

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Besides playing games, reading chess books, and doing regular exercises, watching YouTube has greatly helped me cope with whatever negative feelings I'm having especially during this pandemic. I would always go to YouTube everyday and watch live streams of popular streamers playing the currently trending game Among Us. Other than that, YouTube has always been my source of entertainment that keeps me stay positive and have some laughs when I watch some meme compilations, etc. Whenever I feel stressed out, I'd just straight ahead go to YouTube and watch some videos to make me feel at ease.

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As I cope up with the stress and challenges that I face every day, I always pray to the Lord for Him to give me strength and courage to be able to encounter these challenges and stress. By praying it can help me boost my confidence and strengthens me in a way that it enlightens my mind that I am doing my best also, I should not give up on what I am doing right now. Asking for guidance with the Man above can make me feel safe and secure all the time, that is why when I feel like the whole world is against me or when I feel like no one is here beside me, I always pray to Him. By praying, the pain that I was feeling will diminish because I know that He is always here beside me. By that, it can help me to know myself better and on what are my strengths and weaknesses as a person.  

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Sometimes stress can really give me a headache when it comes to doing certain activities and causes me to get mad easily. I coped my stress just by drawing a random picture in order to make me feel better and to calm myself down. Even if the drawing comes from a random idea of mine , it really builds up a lot of creative ideas for me to sketch in a single peice of paper and draw it in my laptop or phone. Everytime I have a random idea in my head , I always grab a pencil and  a piece of paper or immdiately sketch in my phone in order to make a simple drawing .Though drawing is one of my hobbies I mostly want to express my words just to give a message since there's a side of me that I speak with few words.

Heres a sample of my digital art on my phone that came from a random idea from my mind.

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This year, the pandemic has really tested our mental health. Some of us experienced breakdowns. Some of us are struggling when it comes to handling our problems. And I am not an exception to that. I also experienced stress, I sometimes doubt myself if I can overcome it. But with the help of my friends I successfully overcome it. With their constant reminder, advices I was able to conquer it. With their unexpected messages it made my day complete and at ease. It's not easy to overcome this things but if you will just trust the people around you and be open to them it will be worth it.

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When i feel anxious and overwhelmed, sometimes there's no better way to de-stress than jumping in the car and going for a relaxing drive.
- Franz Andrey Pueblos

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Prayer, Faithfulness, Patience and Reflection

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Prayer, Faithfulness, Patience and Reflection

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As a teenager, we all know that we express ourselves with stress and emotions because the challenges and struggles we face in our life. As I cope up my challenges and struggles I doubt myself sometimes and cry because I cannot do it myself and weak unlike the others who are special and talented. However I don't lose hope and faith. I keep praying to God to ask His strength and enlighten my mind  to continue pursuing my life. I reflect myself that even times are hard ask help from God because He is always there guiding me. Also I need patience in order to overcome my weaknesses and sufferings.
A Letter From God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsBhvSMQUk4&feature=share

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Traveling and taking on adventures with my family is one way that helps me cope up with stress. It helps me stay positive and forget the negative side of life. To be able to see the sky outside the airplane window reminds me of the calmness and peace life have. Discover new places and seeing its beauty leaves me in awe. But ever since the pandemic, we've just been spending our quality time together at home.

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I rarely talk with people but I talk with people I'm really close to. Stress is something I struggle dealing with and I don't know how to relieve it other than art. My art is also linked to how I feel as well most of the time. I sketch in dark, grey tones. Some people may think it looks depressing, well that's because I drew it depressed, so it reflects and shows. But somehow, it calms me down. It's like I was some kind of dirty cloth, and when washed, my art comes out as the dirt, and it leaves me. It's when I'm drawing I feel safe, and maybe secure. I feel at peace, and it just empties my worries. It's also why I sleep late a lot because no one is awake, and everyone isn't noisy, and silent. Some people think it's creepy but I don't. Here's one of my artworks, dubbed the "Tree of Woes" / "Tree of Worries"

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This pandemic is stressing us all out. For me, one way to reduce stress is to play basketball with friends. Playing basketball is a great stress reliever and the same time, you are being healthy as well. It is also a great way for me to escape the reality and it improves my physical health through running and jumping all around. Basketball is a treasure for me. It satisfies my soul an removes the stress that I am going through.

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As an teenager, exercising is part of our lifestyle in order for us to stay healthy and fit. This year, pandemic has really requires us to stay healthy both mentally and physically in order for us not only to avoid the virus but also stress that kills us mentally.

- Oyao, Wesley Joseph P.
Playing basketball is a perfect remedy for relieving or avoiding stress that requires all of your body through all physical activities. Teaming up with friends can help you relieve all the problems that you have and also playing outdors makes you feel fun yet exciting experience.