Many adolescents worry from time to time about things like passing an exam, family problems, being selected for sport team, their weight or appearance and a multitude of daily occurrences that don't always pan out as planned. For example, teenagers might worry about starting secondary school, looking a particular way, fitting in with friends, sitting exams, performing in plays at school or going to school formals.
Stress is a normal emotional response to the challenges teens face on a daily basis and is normally a short-term experience based on a specific event or trigger.
Stress can be positive or negative. When stress kicks in and helps you pull off that deadline you thought was a lost cause, it's positive. When stress results in insomnia, poor concentration, and impaired ability to do the things you normally do, it's negative. Stress is a response to a threat in any given situation.
Stress levels, left unchecked can lead to further issues. Emotional and physical disorders linked to stress, include depression, anxiety, heart attacks, strokes, gastrointestinal distress, obesity, and hypertension, to name a few. High levels of stress can wreak havoc on the mind and the body. While stress can manifest in many ways, it helps to know a few common symptoms:
- Frequent headaches
- Sleep disturbance
- Back and/or neck pain
- Feeling light-headed, faint, or dizzy
- Sweaty palms or feet
- Irritability
- Gastrointestinal problems
- Excessive worry
- Rapid heart rate
- Muscle tension
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Having difficulty quieting the mind
- Poor concentration
- Forgetfulness
- Low energy
The rationale for creating Bioteen's Relaxify was to provide a nutritional supplement for Teens that promotes a calm and relaxed emotional and physiological state.
As stress can often be confused with anxiety and given that many teens are suffering with what is known as generalized anxiety disorder, parents should seek medical advice to properly ascertain the nature of their child's stress or anxiety before using Relaxify.
