The most common causes of student stress and anguish according to school and college counselors are:
Anxiety over inability to cope with academic presure, overload of assignments and exam-related stress
Depression over unrealistically high parental expectations to perform well in academics and extra-curricular activities
Constant pressure to ‘fit-in and conform with peer groups and their socio-economic expectations
Lack of communication between parents and children which deteriorates family relationships
Aggressive instincts in adolescent years which encourage destructive anti-social behaviour
Sexual pressures. This results in rising incidence of unprotected sex, early pregnancies and abortions among high school and college girls
Use of drugs and alcohol abuse among teens
Unhappy self-image of young people, especially girls because of physical characteristics
Fear of failure and rejection among students who migrate from smaller cities to metros for education. They experience anxiety over inability to cope with new lifestyles
Bullying and ragging is a problem in schools/colleges. Often this extends to emotional abuse as well, through mockery, ridicule or embarrassing victims
