“Fighting invisible tigers: stress management for teens” is a good guide for teens to deal with stress. Teenagers nowadays experience a high level of stress when facing new problems or pursuing various challenging goals as they grow up. Pressure from school and social life, self-esteem problems and expectations from parents, all these are common sources of stress and anxiety among young people.

The author suggests both psychological and physiological ways for teens to cope with stress. When a stressful situation comes into life, some people may escape from it or choose to withdraw from families and friends. These are harmful to our mental health. How to stay calm and confident when challenges come to the life of adolescents? You may find out some clues in this book.

We all went through feeling stressed or overwhelmed to some extent, it was unpleasant but it could be transformed into positive motivation to live a better life. The author delivers a very positive message in the book: stress is not an unbeatable monster, it is possible to reduce stress and turn your lives around. Among all the suggested techniques to reduce stress, doing relaxation exercises works best for me when I am stressed out. Besides, the author reminds me that time management is a good stress-fighting skill to handle pressure arising from over-scheduling. You may try to follow the tips and strategies suggested in the book to calm yourself when you feel tense or to build up positive thinking when you are full of anxious thoughts.

I agree with the author that teenage years can be most exciting and rewarding if you can tackle well with the obstacles that you struggled with during the blossoming stage of life time. Stress is never an ‘invisible tiger’ if you deal with it properly.