Negative Stress
Positive Coping
Mechanisms
Negative Coping Mechanism
Ways to Build Resilience
Miscellaneous
100

Over indulgence in or dependence on an addictive substance

substance abuse

100

Running/Lifting Weights 

Exercise. 

100

Avoiding/distancing oursleves

Isolation

100

Good relationships with family, friends, etc.

Making Connections

100

Support groups, online resources, self-help groups

Ways we can get help.

200

an educational institution

School

200

Drawing, paint, writing.

Art

200

Getting high or drunk

Drugs and Alcohol

200

Creating something we can achieve in the future and work towards

Setting Goals

200

Does talking positively about ourselves help build resilience?

Yes

300

Friends trying to make you do something you may not want to.

Peer Pressure

300

Seeing the glass half full. Hoping for positive outcomes.

Optimism

300

Hurting our bodies

Self-Harm

300

Ability to feel emotions, take steps forward or back

Flexibility

300

Is all stress bad for us?

No

400
Fighting/divorce/poverty

Household Dysfunction

400

Talking to a therapist, joining a group

Seeking Help

400

Hurting others.

Fighting

400

Self-Esteem, Self-Concept, Self-Confidence

Sense of Self

400

The capacity to withstand stress, trauma, catastrophe.

Resilience

500
Not getting our physical, emotional, social needs met.
Neglect. 
500

Eating healthy foods, understanding our emotions

Positive Mental Health

500

Talking down to ourselves

Negative Self-Confidence

500

Taking responsibility of our actions and life choices

Self-Control

500

Name 3 ways we can use positive coping skills to reduce stress.

Healthy eating, exercise, music, draw, write, talk to someone, join a group, self-help, online resources, optimism, self-control, sense of self, flexibility etc

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