Dr. Sheena Latif

       Who are Adolescents or Teenagers ?                             Adolescence is a transitional phase of transformation from childhood to adulthood . Parents may worry on ' Can a 10 year old hit puberty?' or 'What is the age group for adolescence?'   The  age group included within teenage or adolescence as per WHO is from 10 to 19 years of age. This indicates that the teen can start experiencing onset of puberty from an age as early as 10 years. In teenage, teenagers experience changes in body, mind as well as an inrush of emotions. Some of the common behavioral tendencies of teenagers are mild to severe anxiety about studies and future conflicting depressive thoughts about appearance, colour etc. feeling of attraction towards other individuals decisive confusion more reliance on peer group grappling with their own identities becoming more self and beauty-conscious  di...

        Anxiety and its Impact        Across th e globe, every person undergoes and experiences anxiety one way or the other. From childhood to adulthood, anxiety affects a person in many different ways. Practitioners and medical professionals do agree that anxiety in its various gradation level can influence a person's daily life as well as his performance at school or workplace in a positive or negative way. A minimum to approximate threshold of anxiety can act positively and can help a person improve his efficiency and performance and allow him/ her to be successful in life or career owing to the positive pressure that anxiety puts towards a better and positive outcome.       On the other hand, above this threshold level, anxiety can negatively affect the person and can de-rate his performance due to the excessive fear of failure or stress. The outcome is anticipated to be negative and the anxiety triggers se...