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EmotionalTeen is built by a high-school student for high-school students. Everything here is free, needs no sign-up, and is written to be read in the three minutes a teenager will actually give it. Pick your role below.

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Print the card, run the warm-up, use the discussion starters. No accounts, no setup.

EmotionalTeen · stress hacks in under 5 minutes

The 60-second reset · 1 min
Close every tab except one.
The ridiculously easy goal · 2 min
Pick the smallest possible action: open the doc, write one word, read one question.
Do a brain dump · 5 min
Write down everything on your mind. No order, no spelling rules.
Long-exhale breathing · 2 min
Inhale through your nose for 4.
5-minute physical reset · 5 min
Shake out your arms and hands for 30 seconds.
Protect tonight's sleep · 10 min
Choose a hard stop time for schoolwork tonight.
Lay on the floor for 5 minutes · 5 min
No phone.
One song on repeat · 3 min
Pick one song you already know by heart.

All of these, plus a 60-second stress check: emotionalteen.com · If a student may be unsafe, in the US call or text 988.

🗓 Advisory or homeroom

Run the 60-second stress check as a whole-class warm-up, then let students pick one hack to try before the next session.

📚 Health or science lesson

The Science Lab explains the stress response and cites the research behind it, at a reading level students will finish.

✍️ Writing or wellbeing prompt

Use a topic page as the reading, then one discussion starter below as the prompt.

Discussion starters

What is one thing that reliably stresses you out on a school day, and one thing that reliably helps?
Where do you notice stress in your body first — sleep, stomach, temper, focus?
What makes it hard to tell an adult when you are struggling, and what would make it easier?
Which of these hacks would you actually use, and which would you never do in front of people?

60-second stress check Full stress toolkit Science Lab

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