Stress and its effect on young people In this modern era, stress is one of the reason of early death and other health related issues. According to psychology, stress is a pressure or mental strain , which in small amount is necessary for increasing performance or dealing with any situation in life. Infact , athelets perform better under stressful situations , which keeps them motivated. As apparent from this stress often leads to tackle situations of fear . But nowdays stress has increased beyond its limit. Be it any age group every one is facing stress every day . Generally stress is triggered due to a particular situation , environment, places, past events , people and perception. It often rises not being able to meet the demand of the situation . Young generations are too under the influence of stress, which leads them to depression and ultimately they end up their life. So to avoid or just drive off their mind out these stressful conditions , Youngsters run from situations which trigger stress in them or they become addicted to some drug , smoking or alcohol . These addictions further deteriorates their health. Although stress can be managed by following stress management techniques which are developed to combat stress. 1. Regular exercise boosts health by circulating oxygenated blood through whole body and removing toxins from the body. 2. balanced diet aid in reducing stress. 3. Counselling can help if the situations gets worse. 4. Developing new hobbies or engaging mind in some work would keep stress at bay.