Q: Your feelings of stress are connected to the “fight or flight” response that humans have experienced since our earliest ancestors were running away from sabre-tooth tigers.  Even if modern stressors are not typically so life-threatening, your body responds in a similar fashion. When a potentially dangerous or challenging situation arises, your body releases hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol, which give you increased energy and focus, among other changes.  In small doses, these changes can help you accomplish tasks more successfully.  If you are stressed too much and too often, however, they can damage your health. How do you explain to someone what it feels like to experience stress — say, when you realize the term paper that you haven't started is due tomorrow?  A pounding heart?  Sweaty palms?  Trouble catching your breath?  An inability to focus, or perhaps instead an extreme focus?  Stress is a unique experience for each person, but there are some common physical symptoms.  The release of hormones in a stress reaction can cause, among other changes:  an increased heart rate and breathing rate; increased blood pressure and metabolism; increased blood flow to major muscle groups (arms and legs, for instance); dilated pupils, enabling you to see more clearly; profuse sweating (to cool the body); and a burst of energy caused by the release of stored glucose (your body's fuel). These changes are natural and beneficial if they enable you to focus on and complete an important task (like that term paper).  Feeling stressed too often, however, can have negative physical consequences. In the short term, after the burst of energy that stress gives you, you may feel more tired or irritable. If you experience too much stress too often, you will begin to notice more significant long-term changes in how you act and feel.  Long-term effects of excessive stress in teens can include: anxiety; depression; insomnia; digestive problems; reduced immune response (more colds and illnesses); constant bad mood; trouble getting along with others; substance abuse; and self-injury. Essentially, if you are feeling too stressed too often — for instance, if your parents are going through a divorce or you are failing three classes — you may feel physically and emotionally drained all the time. For some people, the signs of excessive stress may be too subtle to notice.  Other people may willfully ignore or deny the signs, or simply attribute them to some other cause — the flu, a few bad nights' sleep in a row, etc.  Sometimes, however, you can recognize your stress by observing how other people are responding to you.  If people are treating you differently or telling you that you seem different, it may be due to stress overload on your part.  Friends or family may say you seem more distant, or disinterested; that you are more moody, irritable, or unpredictable; that you lash out more, or that you seem to be “beating yourself up” over every little thing; that you look tired or sick; that you aren't as much fun anymore; or that you “just don't seem like yourself anymore.” Use the clues provided by those around you to help you identify whether you are experiencing excessive stress, what is causing it, and what you can do about it. Sometimes adults like to say that kids and teens “have it easy,” because they don't have “important” things like mortgages and insurance co-pays to worry about.  However, the teen years are a legitimately stressful time for many boys (and girls).  As a teen, you are undergoing many rapid changes and beginning to establish yourself as a unique individual — and that means that causes of stress can be everywhere. Common sources of stress for teenage boys can include:  school work; peer pressure; romantic relationships; family troubles; sports and activities; body image issues; bullying; discrimination; substance abuse; and high expectations, among others. ”  Your stressors will be unique to you, and it is a good first step to take some time to identify the causes of your stress.  Grab a physical or digital notepad and jot down common activities, situations, or people who stress you out.  Taking some time to do this kind of journaling regularly — simply writing down how you feel — is actually a good way to deal with stress on its own. The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory is commonly utilized by professionals who deal with stress.  It lists 43 common stressors by general severity, and assigns each a point total.  By marking down the stressors that impact you and adding up your total points, you can get a general baseline of your overall stress level.
A: Accept that stress is natural and unavoidable. Identify the short-term symptoms of stress. Identify the long-term symptoms of stress. Recognize your stress through others. Consider common stressors. Take a “stress inventory.

Article: It’s a green icon with a white speech bubble that says “LINE” inside. You’ll usually find it in the app drawer. Use this method if you’re in the same room with a friend who also has LINE. These steps must be performed on both phones/tablets. It’s near the top-right corner of the screen and looks like a person’s head and shoulders with a “+” symbol. It’s the third icon at the top of the screen. Once LINE recognizes the other phone or tablet, it will prompt both of you to add one another to your contacts.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Open LINE on your phone or tablet. Tap the new contact icon. Tap Shake it!. Shake both phones or tablets close to one another.

Q: It may take up to a month for your cat’s tail to heal. Your cat may have low energy and/ or little appetite following a tail pull injury or surgery. Rest is one of the most important components of your cat’s recovery. You can help your cat rest and recuperate at home by putting its food and water dishes, bedding, and litter box in a quiet place.  Consider making a cozy space in a separate room or crate for your cat. This can help you better observe your cat and its recovery. Place warm blankets in your cat’s space. These can invite your cat to rest often. Make sure to provide fresh food and water at least once every day, even if your cat doesn’t have much of an appetite. This can minimize the risk of infection. Understand that cats are very clean and sensitive to their litter box. . Provide your cat a clean little box filled with shredded paper instead of litter. This can minimize the risk of infection from litter dust. Your cat may have very few symptoms following treatment for a tail pull injury. If this is the case, it’s still important that you cat rest for at least a week. Limiting activities such as running, jumping, and playing with you or other pets can help your cat heal and minimize the risk of further injury.  Let your cat get mild exercise such as playing with a ball in its rest area or crate. Keep your cat indoors if it goes outside. This can also help prevent further injury, infection, and even attacks by other animals. Many cats experience urinary and fecal incontinence because due to a lack of sensation from a tail pull injury. This may continue during treatment, but about 60% of cats recover their continence. If your cat has any type of incontinence, provide as much support during this time as possible. In some cases, cats may never regain continence, which may require manual expression or catheterization.  Recognize that your cat’s vet will let you know the best way to handle the cat’s incontinence. Your cat may require manual expression of the bladder by your vet or you at home. The vet may also suggest a cystotomy, or surgical incision, into your cat’s bladder to aid urinary incontinence.  Give your cat stool softeners as advised by your doctor to aid any constipation. Let your vet know if the incontinence gets worse or doesn’t go away. The vet can suggest different or alternative treatments for it. Your cat will likely need to visit its vet on multiple occasions following a tail pull injury or surgery. These appointments determine if healing properly and is in relatively good health. Avoid missing any appointments to ensure your cat’s tail and overall health. Schedule follow-up visits as often as your vets suggest or is necessary if your cat is experiencing additional problems with its tail.
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Create a cozy environment. Limit your cat’s activity. Aid your cat’s incontinence. Attend follow-up vet visits.