Individual Coping Skills
How can listening to music be used as a coping skill?
Listening to music can be relaxing and can help take your mind off of stressors.
How can helping another person be used as a coping skill.
Helping another person can improve our mood and make us feel good about outselves.
Instant fixes for stress exist.
False
Name 3 negative coping skills.
Self-Harm, Substance abuse, withdraw/isolation, fighting, bottling feelings up,...
what gets wetter the more it dries?
a towel
How can participating in leisure activities be used as a coping skill?
Participating in leisure activities provides an opportunity to have fun, relax, and socialize with peers.
How can talking to a family member be used as a coping skill?
Talking to someone about your problems/stressors allows you to express your emotions and feelings and get everything out in the open rather than bottling it up.
All stress is out of your control
false
Name 3 positive coping skills
exercise, art, talking to a friend, participating in leisure,...
What can you catch, but not throw?
a cold
How can exercising be used as a coping skill?
Exercising increases your energy and mood, focus, self-esteem and releases feel good endorphins into your brain. It also decreases your stress, depression, and change of heart attack or other health conditions
How can going for a walk with a friend be used as a coping skill?
Not only is walking a good exercise, but doing this activity with a friend provides an opportunity to talk about your stressors and improve your mood.
Talking time for yourself each day will help you cope with stress.
True
Name one stressor in your life and a positive way you can cope with that stressor
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What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
a stamp
How can creating artwork be used as a coping skill?
Art can be used as a way to express your emotions/feelings.
How can socializing with others be used as a coping skill?
Socializing with others decreases feelings of loneliness and stress, and increases feelings of enjoyment and happiness.
All stress is bad stress
False
The proper way to breathe is not with your chest but your....?
Diaphragm
I have holes in my top, bottom, left, right, and middle but can still hold water. What am I?
a sponge