Dressing Sharp, Feeling Sharper
By Aarav Khunger Who doesn’t love a compliment? Let me start simply by saying that it’s only natural for a teenager to crave for...
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Stress-Free Teens
Oct 23, 20204 min read
“Safe to Self-Diagnose?”
By: Abbie Millman Mental health issues are no joke, and, unfortunately, there are many people that are experiencing them first hand at...
Stress-Free Teens
Oct 23, 20204 min read
The Struggles Of Being a Student in the Bay Area
By Taruna Anil “It’s so competitive, and everything revolves around getting into the top college. I wish it [were] more about having fun...
Stress-Free Teens
Oct 23, 20203 min read
Test Anxiety and How To Deal With it
By: Makayla Campbell Test anxiety is what it sounds like—a psychological state where people experience distress and anxiety, particularly...
Stress-Free Teens
Oct 23, 20204 min read
I Stress, You Stress, We All Stress For… Stress?
By: Ethan Hsiao There are things in life that you can’t possibly hope to control. Among them, socks. They go in the washer as a pair and...
Stress-Free Teens
Oct 5, 20206 min read
LGBTQ+ Teens and the Stress They Face
By: Trisha Iyer Anxious about the upcoming school year and sad to end your summer? As part of the universal teenage experience, we all...
Stress-Free Teens
Oct 5, 20206 min read
“I Fought a War with OCD (Spoiler Alert—I Won)”
By: Maheshwari Rajesh Disclaimer: This is my story. Whatever I talk about applies to me, but may vary from person-to-person. Understand...
Stress-Free Teens
Oct 5, 20204 min read
Microaggressions towards Asians… from an Asian student’s perspective.
Recently, I became brave enough to speak out about the normalized racism and microaggressions I have experienced as a person of Asian...
Stress-Free Teens
Oct 5, 20204 min read
Meditation and Me
By: Ashley Favata I’ve been told to try meditation several times in my life, but it took a global quarantine for me to really give it...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 20, 20205 min read
Anorexia In Quarantine
By Sofia Fortenberry In the current pandemic of COVID-19, life has begun to unravel for many. Day after day, social isolation continues,...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 20, 20202 min read
GenZ Lives in a Dream Amidst the Pandemic: A POV
By: Disha Kumar Flashback to around six months ago, we led a busy, mechanical life because it was deemed right by our education system....
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 20, 20204 min read
“What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger”
By: Lani Tran In 2011, famous female idol Kelly Clarkson sang the iconic line, “What doesn't kill you makes you stronger”, and, nearly a...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 20, 20204 min read
“Mental Health in Entertainment: Helpful or Harmful?”
By: Abbie Millman We’ve all been at that point where we're clearly in denial about the fact that we may or may not have stayed up all...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 20, 20203 min read
Junk Food, Mood, and You
By: Aarav Khunger Who doesn’t dream of a chocolate fountain? I’ve never met a person who hasn’t dreamt of swimming in a pool of chocolate...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 7, 20203 min read
A Sense for Stress: Using Your Five Senses to Relax
By Taruna Anil Stress loves to accumulate. It’s the sound of police sirens while you’re trying to focus. It’s the feeling of coming home...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 7, 20203 min read
Trying to Scream Without a Voice: Battling Rape Culture
By Neha Ayyer “She was asking for it.” “Boys will be boys.” “It’s your fault for wearing provocative clothing.” “It was just a joke.”...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 7, 20207 min read
Will Ferrell is Funnier than You, Me, and Your Grandpa. Whatever. Let’s Laugh Anyway.
By: Ella Reynolds Preface If you don’t like to laugh, don’t read this. It might damage your funny bone. Oh, and on that note, let me just...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 7, 20203 min read
Goodnight Streaks
By Christina Colwell Good morning streaks. Goodnight streaks. Don’t hit me up streaks. Bestie streaks. Snapback streaks. Streaks. A...
Stress-Free Teens
Sep 7, 20203 min read
Can Mental Illness Be Portrayed in Music?
By: Makayla Campbell and Aurelia Tan “I miss being' happy, I miss what we had.” That powerful lyric is from a Gnash song by the name, I’m...
Stress-Free Teens
Aug 26, 20202 min read
Stay Fit & Relieve Stress with Table Tennis
By: Priyanka Supraja Balaji, Finalist in US Open Table Tennis - U1000 Division (for those with a rating under 1000 points) I’m one of the...
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