As a child I was diagnosed with
cancer. Which was a very stressful situation for me a child; sometimes I wonder
how I made it from day to day. When I look back on it I remember having a great
family dynamics being around and supporting me. I never had a great support
system for friends. At first when I was diagnosed they would come around to see
how I was doing but after a month, my friends stopped coming around because
it’s hard for people to watch someone go through it. Also I will say that a
great support I had was the staff that was with me during treatment. These
people became family and I became so close with a few of them I would talk to.
I had one nurse that worked night shift and as soon as he was done checking on
his patients he would visit me last and I would wait for him to come in and I
would tell him my secrets and concerns. It was just nice for me to have someone
that I could trust to talk to about things that where bothering me or just
about being scared.
I also
connect with some of the other kids that where being treated while I was going
through treatment. It was hard though at first to connect with these children
because it felt as though as soon as I connected with them, something bad would
happen to them and then they where not around anymore. I do remember meeting a
girl around the same age as I and we became very close and connected, we where
great support for each other and then one week things turned for the worst and
she passed. I remember at that time it felt like loosing a big part of me
because we where such a support for each other. I will say that I did have one
of the best doctors in the world because he is so caring person. He would come
in and talk to me not just my parents. He would lesion to me talk to me about
my concerns and worries and you could tell and feel how much he really did
care. Because of all the support from my family, friends, support staff and the
doctor I was able to know that I could fight and do what it took to wake up
everyday knowing it possible be my last, but hopping it wasn’t.
I read the
article Stress Facts for South Asian Children and Teens, where it talks
about the stress that South Asian child, most common stress factors that they
deal with. In South Asia children get more
stressed when it comes to there academic achievements. There parents put a very
high stress level on there children that the better there education they have
then the better jobs and education that they can get to help out there family.
With this stress on these children causes them to behave or do things in a
negative manner than they possible would have done before. Because of the
stress level of a lot of children in South Asia
they are trying to bring awareness to this problem. They are explaining to parents
of children and teens signs of their child being stressed. Than they are telling
them ways to cope with there child being stressed, for example they recommend for
parents to talk to there child, lesion, give them more play time and overall
understanding and being there for them. I feel that awareness but also children
speaking out to there parents will also help to reduce the stress in there
life.
