Stress

Stress is Stressful

I have a lot of stress in my life. Being a 17 year old girl that is about to graduate and have to face life is stressful enough on its own, but I have a ton of other things added on top of that. I want to graduate at semester so I have to make sure I'm passing all of my classes. I have all kinds of tests to study for, papers to write, and presentations to prepare for. Now is the time that I absolutely have to decide if I am going to go to college so I can apply for scholarships, but that's a hard one for me because my family and I have absolutely no money. Money is a big stress for me. My dad is waiting for disability money and currently has no income. My mom works at a factory and makes very little money. We can't really afford to buy groceries so I mostly rely on food from friends and school. And I'm trying to loose weight, but its difficult because I can't really choose what I eat, I just have to be happy to have something. I don't have money to buy Christmas presents, even for the people that are going to buy presents for me, which makes me feel completely terrible. I want to get a job but I don't know how to do that without having a vehicle (I live far from the nearest town and wouldn't be able to walk there). Also, my brother is doing national guard training. He only gets to call home about once a month, and I have to worry about him because I know he is having a hard time over there. Not to mention a very close aunt of mine just died out of nowhere and every time I think about her I start crying, no matter where I am or what I'm doing. And I have 4 pets that I can no longer afford to feed, but I love them too much to get rid of them. My life seems to be an endless cycle of stress.

People get stressed. It happens. When it does happen, its good to have ways of dealing with it. We all have our own ways of dealing, coping, calming down, and relaxing. Some people exercise. Some paint, sew, listen to music, all sorts of stuff. When stress is really getting to me, I talk to myself. I talk myself through whatever situation I'm in. It may be weird, but it helps. Except when I'm just completely overwhelmed and nothing is going to help. Then I just break down and cry. 

The point is, you are going to be stressed sometimes. You just have to find your own ways of coping with it. Remember that things will improve eventually and appreciate all the good things in your life while you have them.