Voices is the Dorset Echo's weekly youth page - written for young people by young people.

This week James questions why young adults are so stressed

Recently, there has been a suggestion that young adults spend more than six hours or a quarter of their day being stressed.

Many of this age group of 18 to 25-year-olds are in further or university education which I believe will certainly contribute a significant amount of stress which will impact other aspects of their lives.

For those at university, on top of work load, career worries can be the biggest cause of stress as it will creating a strong base for your career can dictate the rest of your life.

On the other hand, money can be perturbing as recent figures show the price of university tuition fees in the UK are among the highest in the world and this is before students have to pay for travel, rent, food and entertainment.

However, there is no worse stress for young individuals than experiencing loneliness.

Despite many18 to 25-year-old having hundreds of friends on social media, more than 75 per cent of them feel lonely and more than 40 per cent believed social media added to their worries and stress.

With shocking statistics like this is it actually worth having social media?

The most worrying thing when discussing young people's mental health is many felt they did not have anyone to turn to in their time of need.

With so many unpleasant things in young people's lives, this must change.

By James Sullivan