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The journey from childhood to adulthood is an emotional time for all involved. For the children, it is a time of excitement, of curiosity and freedom from the confines of childhood. For their parents, your child's transition from secondary school student, to a now independent, fledgling adult is bittersweet, maybe even a cause for anxiety - a trepidation stemming from life experience and long lost naivety perhaps?

A huge part of academic life for students is exams, and with them comes stress and the desire to do well. Students react in a number of ways when they are stressed – they become anxious, lack sleep (or sleep too much), they can become nervous, lose their appetite, and have difficulty concentrating. In order for every student to work to their full potential for the best outcomes, it is essential that exam stress is managed appropriately. Let’s look at a few strategies that may help as the exams approach.

April is Stress Awareness month, and Turn2Me, a national mental health charity, is raising awareness of the types of stress people can suffer from.

Today (Thursday) is World Heart Day, and mental health charity Turn2Me is marking the day by highlighting the link between stress and heart conditions.

HSE Health and Wellbeing are delivering free Stress Control classes each month online via the Stresscontrol.ie YouTube channel. The programme helps participants recognise the signs of stress and teaches skills to overcome panicky feelings and tips to getting a good night’s sleep.

Mental health charity Turn2Me has launched a free mental health support group, starting today (Thursday) at 6pm. The Exam Stress support group will be open to students of all ages and will cater for young people sitting the Leaving Certificate, students preparing for college entrance exams, and students doing third level examinations.

1. Spend more time helping others.

Sometimes stress is unavoidable, but we can always deal with it in better ways. Here is a list of things you can do to try reduce stress in your life.

Members of the Irish Society of Alexander Technique Teachers (ISATT) are to offer hundreds of hours of free training online to help people deal with the tidal wave of stress caused by Covid-19.

The stresses of Covid 19 have been compounded by economic stress for both employers and employees. Inevitably, the economic downturn created in certain sectors has led to large scale restructuring of businesses and unfortunately, redundancy plans are now in play with many companies, both local businesses and multinationals.