3 Strategies to Help Teens Reduce Anxiety
Mike San Martino
Anxiety has now surpassed depression as the number one reason teenagers seek out therapy. Teens have many reasons to be anxious these days – global fears, COVID disruptions, school pressure, peer pressure, social media fatigue, body issues, and helicopter parents, just to name a few. I was talking to with a teen recently who described his anxiety as “a constant pressure, closing in on me, a low-grade tension that never goes away but sometimes gets more intense and scares me like I am going to have a heart attack.” Teens are nervous about their circumstances and even more stressed about their futures. The current generation of teens faces more pressure...
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