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Reflection About Stress

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Stress is described as a state of emotional or mental strain, resulting from demanding circumstances. -Lack of planning and preparation. -Parental expectations. -Peer competition -Inability to handle academic pressures -Lack of time management skills. Cutting themselves, Smoking and over eating. Physical stress- Lack of sleep - To many extra mural activities Emotional stress -Perfectionists -Moodiness Environmental stress-Noisy household due to parrots screaming -Sharing a bedroom Social stress-Making the right choices in certain situations -Trying to fit in -Choosing between school work and going out with friends on weekends. It is a big stress factor for me as I have taken many years to build up my friendship circle. I also enjoy going out with them and it is our last year together at school therefor I try to see them as much as possible. However on the other hand I want to achieve well in school and get the highest APS score possible to make sure I can get into what I want to after school because I already take math literacy as a subject which limits me to certain studying courses. - Time management is a huge factor contributing to my stress at this point in time. In matric the work content is not harder than the previous grades the work load is just much more. Due to this I need to focus more on time management as I still want to do sports however we get a lot of

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