The Major Stressors In Teens' Lives

 Nowadays, stress problem among teenagers has become a main topic in our country. Statistics from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), 2017 revealed that the state of mental health among teenagers is increasingly worrying. We must take this issue seriously. This is because one of the reasons for the increase in the number of deaths in our country is due to suicide cases because of stress. That is why this issue need to be identified to prevent this problem getting worse.

According to Bhargava & Trivedi, 2018 pressure in studies is one of the causes of stress among teenagers. Some teens may worry if they don’t perform well in their studies. Some of teen worry being judged by their peers, scolded by their parents or rejected by universities when they can’t achieve an excellent result in their exam. This situation will lead teens to push themselves so that they can be a perfect person for everyone. For example, some of teenager study until late night and did not get enough sleep. As we know there are many effects if we did not get enough sleep. Someone that does not get enough sleep will affect their physical health and mental health (An Integrated Approach to Mental Health and Physical Health of Teenagers, 2020). For example, they will feel tired and they may easy to get sick when they did not get enough rest for their body. We must sleep at least for 6 to 7 hours a day. From this we can see that pressure in studies not only affects the mental health of teenagers but physical health is also affected.

According to Family Stress: An Evidence Based Guide, 2022 family pressure is also the cause of stress problems among teenagers. Most of the causes of teenage stress are due to relationship problems between their parents. For example, parents who fight every day definitely have an impact on the emotional health of teenagers. Nowadays, some of the parents is too busy with their career until they forget about their responsibility. This is because they think that by having many moneys can give happiness to the children. But they never know that teenagers will feel neglected due to the behaviour of parents who never care about their feelings and rarely having a quality time with their children. Because of this, many cases of teenagers run away from home due to family problems experienced by them. Not only that, the effect is that teenagers will be involved in social problems such as drug addiction and illegal racing. From this we can see that family pressure give big impact to the children.

According to Scott, 2022 the problem of bullying at school is also a cause of stress among teenagers. Before we get into this topic, the American Psychological Association defines bullying as a form of aggressive behaviour in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. It is difficult to identify who is a victim of bullying. Teenagers who are victims of bullying often hide their feelings. This is because they are afraid of threats from people who bully them. The example of bullying at school is the victim of bullying have to provide a certain amount of money to the bully gang leader every day. This problem will make the students feel afraid go to school because they are worry if they can’t provide the money, they will be harmed. When they are afraid telling other people about their problems, it will become burden for them and they will feel depressed.

In conclusion, stress will cause a person to be unable to carry out daily activities and this will reduce their productivity. Therefore, the method of recognizing one's potential and thinking positively is the best way to reduce the level of stress among students. We must remember that today's youth are the pillars of our generation and the future leaders of our country. Therefore, various effective measures need to be taken to solve this problem.