Drinking Reasons

In Health Class we had to find five reasons why we think teens drink and why drinking is wrong. I think that teens drink because they want to have others think that they are cool, they get depressed, everyone in their family does it, they grew up in a tough neighborhood, or they are dared to have some alcohol and are too afraid to lose. Five reasons for why it is not okay to drink are it ruins your liver, you can die from an overdose, you will not remember what you did while being drunk, you can hurt someone else, and you will probably get lost from your home.

Drug Abuse

On http://kidshealth.org there is a page with articles on certain hazards to your health. I went to that page and read an article on prescription drug abuse. I chose this article because I know about this risk. The article said that some people think that the drugs doctors prescribe are safe and they can use them even though they don't have symptoms the drugs help with. It is illegal and it can also hurt you or even kill you. The drugs are only safe for the patients the doctors prescribed them to. I learned that there are three classes in prescription drug abuse. They are Opioids, Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressants, and Stimulants. Opioids are used to help cure coughing, diarrhea and relieve pain. CNS Depressants are used to help anxiety, panic attacks, sleeping problems, and tension. Stimulants are used to help ADHD and narcolepsy.

Smoking Summary

We went to the website http://kidshealth.org and read an article on how smoking is bad. The article said that there are short term and long term affects to smoking. Some long term effects are that it makes people feel like their throat is burning and also throw up. Smoking can also cause cancer, strokes and heart disease. Some short term effects are that it causes bad skin and your breath and clothes smell bad. A statistic shows that 23% of high school students smoke. I think that this article did a good job of telling people not to smoke. I think that smoking is wrong and that people should stop doing it.

What we did this week

This week in health class, we talked about stress. We learned about ten ways that people deal with their emotions. They are denial, identification, compensation, rationalization, projection, daydreaming, displacement, reaction formation, regression, and sublimation. We also learned what usually stresses people out and how they can calm down.

Expressing Emotions Constructively

When people feel angry or sad some people let others know that they feel that way. Others try to keep it to themselves and not let others know. Sometimes people should let others know if they are feeling a certain way because that other person could give some advice. If someone wants to keep emotions to themselves they should find ways to let those emotions out without others knowing. On www.associatedcontent.com, they have tips on how to let anger out without hurting people. They say that you can scream into a pillow or hit a punching bag.