I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU. Friends- not only a beloved sitcom but also the theme for this chapter. More specifically, friendship drama. Some of you may have just shuddered thinking about it. Arguments with friends can wreck anything, and cause chaos in our lives.

This is my specialised subject, because I myself had have to deal with argumentative friends since the ripe old age of five. I'm that friend that acts as peacemaker (and fails), and I end up spending half my life listening to people shout at each other. An argument with a close friend can feel like the whole world in crumbling around you, and that the sun won't ever shine again (suppresses the urge to sing Annie).

The advice I'm going to give isn't to avoid conflicts because that won't ever happen- people argue. There's no avoiding that. But here is some advice that I've learnt about diffusing conflicts and making them less explosive and destructive.

If two of your friends are arguing, don't just sit back and let them ignore each other or shout at each other. Make them speak civilly, no shouting aloud. My friends took this concept and twisted it, so I ended up spending a majority of last year stuck in the airless stationary cupboard at school while my friends yelled at each other because it was the only place away from everyone else.

Don't argue in the stationary cupboard. It gets hot and sweaty, and it gets pretty mouldy and gross after a while.

Try and get people to see from a different view which can be hard when you're dealing with bulls that only see red. It can feel like you're wading through mud, but people can't stay angry forever and they'll come round eventually. Try not to get too involved in the drama, it draws your focus off actually important things. Leave your drama watching to the Kardashians, at least that way you can switch the drama on and off.

Keeping a level head in arguments is what is important, and if you can tell that someone is just looking for a fight walk away. Strut away feeling like a boss. You're not flying away from conflict, you're avoiding starting a bigger conflict than it needs to be.

So rule two of surviving Teenagehood: if you're going to argue, argue somewhere that has a surplus supply of oxygen- not a stationary cupboard.