My School Speech

Stress-What Impact Does it Have on Us?

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Ko Hosford toku whanau

No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa

The world is always changing, evolving into new things everyday, this change brings new difficulties as well as new possibilities and ideas.

There are always many extracurricular opportunities on offer at schools around Hawke’s Bay, instruments and sports to play, clubs to join, organisations to be part of...but all these seemingly beneficial activities, (hmm, I sound a bit like a dull intellectual don’t I?)well, back to the point, all those great out-of-school activities, can cause major stress problems.

Stress is a really pretty horrible way of your body saying, “I have had enough, I need to relax!” It happens when you have a brain over load, too much information being heaped into your mind.

School promotes enough business and stress as it is, don’t get me wrong, I love school, but with the addition of extracurricular homework, even the tiniest thing can be TOO MUCH for the body and brain to cope with.

Stress is related to physical, spiritual and most of all mental health. Keeping your mind healthy is just as important as keeping your body fit and healthy.

My Mum sometimes calls me a worry wart, because I worry about a lot of unnecessary things including homework and friendships. This often makes me stay up late at night totally stressing out about pretty much NOTHING!

I don’t mean to lecture, but I must say, sometimes it is a good idea to simply just relax and chill out!

Some parents tell their kids that television is brain-rot, and most kids believe them! It is true, too much TV isn’t great for your mental or your physical health, but sometimes sitting down on the sofa and watching a movie or program can allow your mind to relax and zone out of the world around you. That can be incredibly helpful if you suffer from stress.

As an intermediate student, I don’t get given that much homework from  my teacher Miss O’Brien, but as I get older my homework amount will increase hugely. Yikes!

Sometimes one out-of-school activity can lead to many, for example I have been playing the violin for almost six years now, that has lead me to playing in recitals, music theory lessons, various orchestras and lots more. All these things require practice and time, and they can eat up the time you spend with friends and family.

Major stress can cause lots of nasty diseases and conditions such as insomnia;which is the inability to sleep because there are too many worries swarming through your brain, narcolepsy;pretty much the opposite of insomnia, it is the condition that causes you to fall asleep at random intervals and last of all, depression;when you feel constantly upset about unexplainable things.

In conclusion, I’d like to say that sometimes the best thing you can do for your health is just to chill out, relax.