How Does Heavy Schooling Affect Teens

How Does Heavy Schooling Affect Teens' Mental Health?

Heavy schooling can take a heavy toll on the mental health of a teen and can cause many mental problems that if left unattended can become permanent. Mental problems that include chronic stress, attention, cognitive function, attitude, and long-term memory loss. All these things that you will lose from the immense stress of school are vital to the development of teens and learning new things. Ways to help cope with the stress of heavy schooling, if can be done, include getting a sufficient amount of sleep, exercise (which can help the physical damage of heavy schooling), practice calming breathing techniques, listen to music, eating a healthy diet, seeking social help from friends or family, try mindfulness, or if you can eliminate excess things that cause stress. Another thing (that I recommend) would be going to therapy to talk about what overwhelms you in your day-to-day life as a scholar. Proven that talking things through can give you a better understanding of what to do and how to do the challenges of heavy schooling. Talking can help you hear things out and a therapist can help you think of techniques to tackle your challenges, whether it is a project or lots of homework or a very big test coming up, talking it out and getting outside help will help to lighten the load of stress.

How Does Heavy Schooling Affect Teen Physical Health?

There are many ways for physical health to be damaged, being caused by heavy schooling such as disease and your body’s general condition. Living the life of a scholar, there is a lot of sitting down doing tests, quizzes, homework, and projects and not enough walking around. This is classified as a sedentary lifestyle where you are sitting down most of the day not moving. Leading to not enough physical activity can lead to the gain of weight and other very bad things such as types of cancer and heart disease. However, the stress of school can lead to loss of appetite as well, headaches from stress, fatigue from overworking yourself, and gastrointestinal disease. An example of a gastrointestinal disease being caused by the stress of heavy schooling is a personal experience, where someone developed Crohn’s disease from the immense stress caused by heavy schooling. Records show that more than 40% of parents say their teen is faced with heavy amounts of stress caused by heavy schooling and causes them to face the problems that sprout from an excessive amount of stress. A good way to help battle against fatigue is to give your body the necessary nutrients it needs, including the fluids and vitamins it needs. You must stay hydrated if you want to be able to do anything that needs to be done, lack of hydration can cause serious health issues. However, hydration isn’t the only dietary rule to follow, you must also eat well to gain the vitamins and nutrients you need. Eating foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, can help fight fatigue and even gastrointestinal diseases. If able, exercise to shed any excess pounds that weigh you down or add a little bit of yoga to your daily routine, meditation is also good for the mind and body. When able to, sleep as much as you can and be aware of your body’s circadian rhythm (the body’s internal clock).