Misconception Of Stress And Anxiety

The Misconception Behind Stress and Anxiety
Stress and Anxiety levels have increased in younger generations immensely over the last decade. Social media is a huge contributor to these extremely high levels that teens are now suffering from. Social media is now everywhere all of the time. It is known for being glamorous and a place to show off how good one looks. The problem with this now is the constant pressure for the youth to have to be perfect. It is what 's causing so many teens to develop stress and anxiety disorders. It is important for teens to learn to deal with their stress in a healthy way so that it does not turn into an anxiety disorder. Learning to not compare oneself with others can allow for generations to live a stress and

Social media is much to blame for this. There is an enormous amount pressure placed on young girls especially to look a certain way. Scrolling through a social media feed and seeing a page full beautiful models with perfect bikini bodies causes girls, and boys, to stress over having that same perfect body. They feel like they need to look the same way in order to be seen as beautiful. Social media is a huge misconception. People portray their lives to be perfect when in reality it isn’t. Famous Instagrammers, for example, seem to have it all figured out. They drive nice cars, have perfect bodies, and claim to be happy as can be, but in reality they are secretly struggling just like the people who are looking up to them. Beautiful young people are developing eating disorders and even taking their own lives as a result of constantly comparing themselves to people who lead a fake life on social media. This creates the desire for adolescents to be perfect. There is always the feeling that they could be better. They feel as if they are never enough, As Alice Walton writes in the article, “6 Ways Social Media Affects Our Mental Health”, “comparing our lives with others is mentally unhealthy.” When one is constantly comparing themselves to others, it will cause them to feel like they are not good enough. Growing up this way has caused teens to develop anxiety around other people, due to the thought that they

It is known that “exposure to a moderate level of stress that you can master, can actually make you stronger and better able to manage stress” (Greenberg). Being exposed to moderate levels of stress makes one more alert and focused, it also increases mental toughness. Sports are an example of where stress is in the favor of the person, or player in this case. Being stressed makes the body release adrenaline which will cause one to play better than if they weren 't stressed. Along with stress, a moderate normal level of anxiety can be seen as a warning sign, “warning you to modulate or cease a behavior that is dangerous or counterproductive; Activating your attention to or focus on a task, and thereby heightening cognitive acuity” (Berglas). Anxiety can be used as the body saying whether or not to do something. It works as an inner intuition that essentially protects oneself. A moderate and healthy amount of stress and anxiety can ensure that one 's best effort is put forth. When one feels stressed over something it shows they care about that