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Self-help techniques for teens

Self-help techniques for teens

If a teenager is suffering with feelings of anxiety, there are a few easy things they can do to help themselves.

  • Find a quiet place to sit for 10 minutes each day and focus on their thoughts and feelings.
  • Take deep, regular breaths and wait for the anxiety to pass.
  • Tense up and then relax the muscles in their hands, shoulders, neck and face.

  • The more they weather the anxiety attacks, the easier it will get.
    Terri Apter is the author of The Myth of Maturity, WW Norton

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