Your temperament determines your actions and reactions.

In the article "Temperament can be tamed" ("Psychologia nastolatka", no. 4/2022, pp. 42-46), the author writes about an important topic for teenagers: temperament.

The article mentions that temperament is an inborn character trait. According to the author, "It can be assumed that temperament is the way one reacts with emotions to what is happening in the environment."

Your - dear teenager - reactions to what you face on a daily basis are determined by your temperament. The article mentions that "Temperament influences the choice of coping strategies for difficult feelings aroused by some situation such as sadness, fear or anger."

The author writes that: "temperament sets the direction" and that "it is easy to fall into the trap of one's temperament, especially being a teenager."

You are a teenager - you are experiencing a period of intense physical, mental, social change. You have your problems (I prefer to call them challenges) that you want to solve in order to ensure your peace and well-being. You have your needs and you want to fulfil them; you have the right to happiness, joy, to develop your interests. 

At the same time, you are not completely independent, you depend on your parents. At the age of "teen" years you have dreams and this is of course understandable and natural.

Your temperament may be one way or another, but whatever it is, remember my advice:

1. think of your problems as challenges, or tasks to be solved; don't treat difficult situations as problems; a challenge sounds positive and a problem sounds negative

2. face your challenges with enthusiasm and determination

3. build in yourself the feeling that you can solve difficult situations

In the article mentioned above, the author writes that it is easy to fall into self-criticism and low self-esteem when you are a teenager. But remember that you are just learning about life, learning how to properly approach challenges and solve your problems (challenges). 

Dare to live. It's YOUR life.

Dariusz Łukasik (daretolive72)

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