Stress Managment

"Midterms are next week! And please do not forget that the anual funraiser is this week as well.", say the teachers are they put a bigger load on their students. Being a high school student, there are plenty of reasons why one might be stressed. For me, the biggest of these factors are grades and being involved in school activities. For example, I am very determained to go to a great college. For this reason I am very concerened with my grades. Taking on more classes and doing the best I can do, I try to keep up my GPA. Along with striving for the best grade, I also find it importnant to stay involved in school activities. I enjoy leading most of these activities and making sure they are well organized and successfull. These things, together with other aspects of my life, make me extremly stressed.
When I begin to get stressed, I have plenty of phisical, emotional, cognative, and behavriol effects. The phissical signs may include stomach pain, head aches, and back pain. I aslo become very moody and angry. When I am under stress I bite my nails and my lips. My head begins to race and can not get my thoughts together. All these things are a result from school related stress.
It is important that I learn to manage this stress before it gets out of hand. There are certain steps that I can take to reduce the stress symptoms. One of these ssteps is as simple as just breathing. Closing my eyes and inhaling big and deep, can help clear my mind and allow me to focus on the task at hand. Another technique that seems to work for me is making lists. I make a detailed aganda describing whatI need to get done that day. These lists help me keep my thoughts organized. This way, I do not stress about what I have to do next, I simply concerntrate on whatI am doing at the time, and go down the list. Getting more sleepk and eating more, along with giving myself more "me time" might help as well. School and being sucsessful at school can be dangerously stressful. Still, practicing good stress-releveing techniques, may help any student manage their stress.