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We all try and cram ourselves into small spaces at some point in life, for some reason! Remember playing hide and seek when you were younger, or seeking shelter under a phone box when it’s raining?
In the same way that we try to cram ourselves into a place too small; we also try and cram our emotions into a space far too small...
This time of year may be particularly stressful for families you are working with. Young people might be:
1. Changing schools
2. Doing their exams
3. Worried about leaving School
4. Getting their results
5. Or concerned about a long summer break
Talk to the young people you are working with about what happens to all that stress that is filling us up? What will happen when it overflows?
Is there anyway we can let out some of that stress that is crammed into us?
Can we do it in a healthy way?
What might it look like to pour out some of the stuff in your bucket?
Some things that will happen we can’t do anything about – such as the long summer break – but what we can do to reduce our stress is to begin to plan. For many of us planning reduces the worries about something as it helps us to take control and make choices about how we want to manage an upcoming event that is troubling us.
Ask them to think about results day: ask them what they want to do? Would they rather just get up early and click online to get their results in the privacy of their own home, away from friends?
Ask them to think about the long summer break: how about encouraging them to volunteer somewhere? Are they creative? How about starting a card making service? Or maybe they like being active and could offer a dog walking service?
Encourage them to take some time to consider what stresses are filling their bucket: what can they do to manage that stress?
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