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Background: Dysmenorrhea is discomfort in the lower abdomen spreading to the waist which is often experienced by young women aged 12-18 years or even almost all women during menstruation, usually often felt before menstruation or during menstruation. Benson relaxation technique is one of the complementary therapies developed as a relaxation technique that is simple and easy to implement and is a combination of relaxation response techniques with individual belief systems or faith factors. Purpose : Knowing changes in the level of dysmenorrhea in adolescents before and after doing benson relaxation therapy. Method: this application with descriptive research methods and observing events or events that have occurred. Descriptive research is research conducted to describe or describe an event that occurs. Results: handling dysmenorrhea with benson relaxation therapy given for 2 days with 1 time a day for 15 minutes can affect the patient's level of dysmenorrhea so that there are changes in the patient's pain scale. Conclusion: Benson relaxation therapy can reduce the level of dysmenorrhea in adolescents who are experiencing menstrual pain.  

Adolescence is a period of transition or transition due to biological and psychological growth, development, and changes. Biological changes are marked by the growth and development of primary sex, while psychological changes are characterized by changes in attitudes, feelings, and emotions. This transitional period is dubbed a period full of storms and stress, because it causes emotional upheaval, anxiety, and discomfort because the teenager is required to adapt and accept all the changes that occur. The role of nurses that can be used is to provide complementary therapies, namely a combination of aromatherapy and music therapy in reducing anxiety during online learning. The method in this study is a quasi-experimental design with a pre-post test with control group. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with a total of 60 respondents. The treatment was given in 4 sessions for 4 weeks. The treatment given is a combination of aromatherapy and music therapy. The measuring instrument used is the RCMAS anxiety instrument. The results of this study showed the effect of giving a combination of aromatherapy and music therapy on adolescent anxiety levels during online learning during the covid-19 pandemic (p <0.05). The results of the study are recommended to be able to reduce anxiety in adolescents during online learning during the covid-19 period.