The first thing to do is just take a deep breath and just mentally acknowledge one more time that you are a normal human being who just has too much going on right now and that’s why you are feeling the stress, and it is OK for you to feel that way. You have a right to your emotions, and you have a right to feel overwhelmed at the moment, what you are experiencing emotionally is entirely normal whether you are 15 or 50.

In a lot of ways you are fortunate to be mature enough to see what is going on, even if you don’t quite understand it or know what to do about it. I didn’t start to understand what stress was doing to me until I was in my 30s, by being smart enough to recognize this stress instead of denying it-the way far too many people do-you can avoid developing bad habits and routines that will affect you long down the road of life.

So see, you’re already way ahead of most people. Now, if feeling overwhelmed is paralyzing you-if you can’t seem to get out of the starting blocks on stuff you need to get done sometimes, there are ways of dealing with that too-but that is also a common reaction to task related stress, sometimes we feel like we have misplaced priorities or are procrastinating, and that can make us feel that we are not very good people. Like say…feeling that we don’t have friends or aren’t especially talented. I’m not saying this is what is going on with you, but feelings of being all alone and not worthy go along with this feeling of being overwhelmed.

The thing is to not feel guilty about it, you are not a bad person because you get overwhelmed and react to it. You just have to recognize it rather than deny it, then think in terms of what your priorities and goals are personally-what YOU want, not what your family, friends and teachers want-and focus on that.

Oh-also, it helps a lot to pause for just a moment every day and appreciate something special in your life. Weather is a good one, regardless of whether it is sunny and warm or snowy and cold, just pause for a moment while you are outside, take a deep breath and look around, then close your eyes and feel the weather on your face, listen to it. Just for a moment-it’s kinda cool, like when you eat something and make a point of noticing the texture instead of just the taste of food.

One step at a time. You’re doing fine-honors classes, extra curricular activities, visiting grandma, volunteering, Church-that’s a lot of stuff, give yourself credit now.
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so R E L A X – you are only human
believe it or not – you get the same 24 hrs we are all blessed with – SO

plan your work – and work your plan
get out a calendar – or print one of the internet – lotsa freebies
fill out each day for the next week

assignments due etc – -

I do the same thing on a spreadsheet where I keep my daily BP readings for my doctor

and saw I had a class to attend last night for work – HOLY COW gotta be there
in 75 minutes – - thank GOODNESS for planing ahead
when alzheimers sneaks up on ya!

love your gran – that’s a treasure hopefully you will have for a while
I lost mine at age 30

and you can do it – one day at a time

all the best!
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