Emotional changes
How do your feelings about yourself change when you hit puberty?
Your feeling may be impacted because you have become more sensitive, your mind conflicted with how to feel about it.
How do your friends influence how you feel about yourself when growing up?
Your friends may improve your emotions regarding your body, confidence and social aspects to encourage your activity and participation.
True/False; puberty can affect your physical body in many ways.
True, puberty can cause your body to change in ways such as growth spurts, skin changes, changes in body shape and strength. These are all examples of just how many ways puberty can change us and our appearance.
What are some strategies for handling comparison?
Know why you compare yourself, we compare ourselves for many reasons and knowing your reason can be helpful with managing. Most common reasons are to better yourself and even to fit in.
Who can you talk to for advice on body changes?
Family and good friends otherwise, anyone you feel especially comfortable with can help and support you through your changes.
How do mood swings during puberty affect friendships?
Mood swings may give your friends the wrong impression about you dependant on your mood you may also become easily annoyed wanting more space away from socialising.
How do your friends influence how you see yourself during puberty?
They can give the needed emotional support and improve your self-esteem giving you further confidence.
How do changes in appearance impact how you act around your peers.
Changes in your physical body may affect your confidence in a negative manner causing you to feel insecure and distant to others. This can affect your social life and ability to communicate well, thus encouraging you to embrace these changes.
How do people cope with emotional changes throughout puberty?
Hormones affect not only the way your body looks, but the way you feel. In result you may experience more complex emotions. if these emotions are affecting your daily activities and/or feel extremely distressed, seek professional guidance.
Some tricks you can use to deal with mood swings are;
Acknowledging your feelings without judgement, recognising your behaviours can sometimes help you relax and feel less stressed. Know that getting out of a bad mood takes time, be patient with yourself and your feelings.
How do feelings of stress or worry during puberty change how you view yourself?
Stress or worry may cause you to reflect on how you look to suit expectations of others. It can also make you feel the need to change your insecurities
In what ways does social media affect how you think about your identity as you grow up.
Social media can give false impressions of a perfect identity giving teenagers a bad impression of what they should look and act like.
What physical changes may occur during puberty and how can you handle it?
Some physical changes may be breast development, growth spurts and increased body oder. You can deal with these by acknowledging them without judgement, to handle body oder, you may need to use anti-perspirant deodorant.
How do people cope with weight gain?
Accept your weight gain. Dieting to prevent your weight gain is extremely unhealthy and should not take place. Accepting what happens is normal and you should embrace it.
What are some tips n’ tricks to handle menstruation?
Some common ways are to tell a trusted adult about your situation. Using pads are mostly advised for younger people who have recently started, otherwise tampons are also an effective trick. Heat packs are also a popular way of easing pain within your abdomen.
Why do you feel more sensitive during puberty and how does that affect interactions.
Sensitivity causes you to want to stay away from crowds and socialising as much which may affect friendships and your ability to socialise well.
How does social media change the way you think about yourself as you grow?
Social media gives false information regarding a ,,perfect’’ person encourage teenagers to follow along.
In what ways do changes in skin influence your personality?
Skin changes such as acne can heavily affect your view on yourself, feeling the need to use products in chance to remove it instead of embracing it as it is a normal experience.
What are some ways to deal with body hair?
Shaving is the most effective way of removing body hair and there are plenty of ways to do so, a manual razor being the easiest. Waxing is also an option although this may be painful, and lastly, there are chemicals you can buy at drug stores to remove hair without razors being involved.
How do you deal with body oder?
Some ways to handle body odor is to shower often, wear clean clothes and even applying anti-perspirant deodorant every morning.
How do mood swings during puberty impact your relationships with friends and family?
Mood swings can make it difficult to communicate with friends/family causing confusion within them on how you feel.
How do family expectations shape your sense of self during puberty?
Most families will guide you through your experiences so that you can understand yourself better.
How can the growth of pubic and underarm hair affect you?
The growth of hair in unwanted places can increase the scent of body oder in that place resulting in an unpleasant smell. Some ways to prevent this are by using anti-perspirant deodorant and shaving from time-to-time.
In what ways might someone manage growth?
It is common amongst people to have at least one growth spurt throughout puberty, height and weight can change as the shape of your body changes. In result, you may need larger clothes compared to your previous ones.
Some tips for handling pimples are;
Try to avoid touching the spots, pimple aka acne is caused by overactive glands in your skin. Touching them may result to scarring or even make them worse.