When I’m feeling stressed, I like to listen to music because it calms me down and I don’t need stop doing whatever I was doing before. Usually, when I’m stressed it’s because I’m behind in schoolwork or because I don’t know how to do it. And if I pause and take a break, I stress more because the longer I hold off the work, the more I all behind. So, when I listen to music I don’t have to get up and go anywhere but it still calms me down a bit.

I think technology is both a stressor and coping mechanism for me. If I’m stressed because of family or friends, I go on my phone and social media, and it does calm me down and allows me to forget why I was stressed in the first place. But if I see something that could have been unpleasant to look at, bad news about something, or just when I don’t forget why I was stressed. Sometimes I feel more annoyed.

I feel that technology really impacted my stress levels in the beginning of the year. In the beginning of the year, I wasn’t able to get off my phone at all. I was behind in all of my work and felt extremely unmotivated. As soon as I came home from school, I went straight to bed, on my phone every single day and wouldn’t get up for hours. Later on in the year I started feeling really depressed and was annoyed at everything, so I decided to limit my own screen time and doing my homework every day when I got back from school and had the time. I didn’t want to wait until last minute anymore.

I use technology to support me and my wellbeing for when I feel bored and usually text or call my friends and that makes it less boring for me. I like listening and talking about other people’s day or my own.

Prompts:

I can explain when something is unfair and advocate for others.

If I notice that something isn’t right, and someone is being treated unfairly, or even bullied I would usually say something. Obviously, standing and doing nothing would change anything so there needs to be at least one person who does do something about it.

I can appreciate diverse perspectives on issues and can resolve problems respectfully and effectively.

If there is an argument or a disagreement in a group in a group that I am part of, I like to suggest that we should hear out everyone’s opinions and what they do and don’t agree with. Then we can hopefully create a solution that everyone is satisfied with.

I demonstrate respectful, inclusive behaviour.

If I notice someone is being left out, it makes me uncomfortable and feel like I need to do something about it. I also feel uncomfortable talking to new people, but I like to try and talk to others who are being left out because I know that it can be just as uncomfortable being the person left out.