Working Under Pressure

So  lately I have found that I have taken a whole world of tasks on my shoulders. I have spread myself way too thin and I'm actually paying for it now in sleep!!! My question to you is; why is that High School students choose to take on so many tasks and feel asthough they can produce top work without having any of the tasks tainted? I know with me, I take on a lot of stuff and possibly one or two of those tasks turn out, to say the least...as great as I would of hoped for. I think that this isn't just a personal feeling I believe that students, High School, College and University feel this way aswell. It is called anxiety disorder, and it is something that affects students in their late teens and early twenties all face. Its brought on by people making us feel asthough we need to be the best at everything that we do, and having them also holding high expectations for us. It is that fear that we can't do it and disappointnig the people that we "promised" that we would do it that strikes fear into your mind. I wonder if other nations teenagers feel it aswell, maybe even more then we do. I also believe that it is also brought on by the media aswell. I mean look at the teenagers that you see on televison, they all have it together, top grades, extra curriculars and high achievers, and they all get 8-10 hours of sleep and look GREAT! everyday. its the picture in your mind that says; Maybe I can have everything. The media decieves us into thinking that and what we don't see in the TV personalities is what they are really like under pressure. Maybe instead of creating stupid shows like Jersey Shore and shows about Wizards and regular teens by day and Pop-Stars by night they should make a show about the way a teenager really is... That is a show i would actually watch!