Teenage Stress

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idea games, the individual took more risks when peers watched compared to when adults watched. (2011) Since teenagers spend more of their waking hours with their peers compared to their family, are immensely impacted by their peers. Peer pressure is pressure from a group of peers that pressures an individual to act, speak, and even look a certain way to be accepted. (Dictionary.com, 2013) Peers may encourage the individual to be rebellious and go against their parents' wishes, this may cause the individual to feel uncomfortable but continue on because they desperately want to fit in. It becomes stressful for the individual because they really do not want to participate, but force themselves to "suck it up" and do whatever it takes to fit in. The teenagers that are victims of peer pressure, often find themselves getting into alcohol, drugs, and other reckless things that cause discomfort to many. (Wikipedia.org, 2013) Pressure does not only generate from peers, but also from the ...

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Considering the fact that most teens participate in social media websites, it is no surprise that teenagers are the most common victims of cyberbullying. According to bullyingstatistics.org, half of the teenagers that commit suicide, do so because of issues relating to cyberbullying. (2013) Cyberbullying causes so much stress to a single teenager, that the individual feels as if their life has no purpose, this is why they so often commit suicide. Peers are a teenager's biggest influence and can influence them to literally do anything.
Slowly, day by day, the world has changed right in front of everyone's eyes. Rather than an individual focusing on their own life, they focus on ...

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