Coping Skills I
Name 3 healthy coping skills?
What is: Read a Book, Writing/Drawing/Painting, Listening to Music, Spending Time with Friends/Family, Go for a Walk, Deep Breathing, Meditation.
Name one example of an unhealthy coping skill?
What is: Avoiding Help, Fighting, Yelling at others, Harming others or yourself?
These types of coping skills are all about being centered and grounding yourself in the current moment.
What are mindfulness coping skills?
True or False: Talking to others about problems in our lives is a healthy coping skill?
What is: TRUE! Talking to others allows us to share our emotions and problems so that we do not have to go through them alone.
List two ways to care for yourself physically?
What is: healthy eating, good sleep schedule, good dental hygiene, exercise, drinking water, showering/bathing, getting in the sun.
What gets wet while drying?
What is A Towel?
Healthy coping skills help us
a.) Deal with stressors in our lives b.) Work through our emotions and problems c.) Process our thoughts and emotions d.) All of the above
What is: d.) All of the above
Using healthy coping skills allow us to take a minute and process what is happening with our emotions, stressors, thoughts, and problems.
Which of the coping skills below are unhealthy.
Getting Fresh Air, Talking to a Trusted Friend/Adult, Destroying Property, Exercising, Playing Sports, Taking Feelings Out on Others, Yelling at someone you don't like
What is: Destroying property and Yelling at someone you don't like?
This type of coping skills are all about taking your mind off of a problem for a while.
What is distraction coping skills?
True or False: Every coping skill is healthy?
What is: FALSE! Some ways that we learn to cope are not healthy for us! (ex: fighting, eating too much, running from problems, etc.)
Why is self love important?
What is loving yourself leads to better self esteem, more relationship satisfaction, better coping skills, lowers anxiety and stress, builds self esteem and resilience, motivations for change, motivation for healthier choices in life.
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left?
What is Your Left Hand?
What is one healthy coping skill people can use when feeling lonely and isolated?
What is: learning a new skill, pursue a hobby, reading a good book, listening to music, connect with nature.
What is one emotion that often lead people to engage in unhealthy coping skills?
What is: Anger, Sadness, Anxiety, Jealousy, Depression, Guilt?
This type of coping includes comforting yourself through the 5 senses.
What is self-soothing?
True or False: Coping skills are used to avoid problems in our lives?
What is: FALSE! Coping skills help us work through our problems and emotions. You do not want to avoid these! Avoiding is considered an unhealthy coping skill.
Is positive self talk a way to show yourself love?
What is Yes!
What can travel all over the world but never leave its corner?
What is A stamp?
What are clues to know when it's time to use my healthy coping skills?
What is When you start to feel like you are losing control of your behavior or your emotions.
True or False?
All stress is out of your control.
What is False?
When does a healthy coping skill become unhealthy?
What is: When it is done excessively and in a unhealthy way.
When it negatively affects your life
True or False: Coping skills help you focus on the important things in your life?
What is: TRUE! When we can cope with problems in our lives, it is easier to focus on everything else that is important to us
Tell me one positive affirmation?
What is: ANY!!
What belongs to you but everyone else uses it?
What is Your Name?
What are some of the coping skills you are currently using?
What is ANY!!
What is an example of an unhealthy coping skill?
What is: Avoiding issues, sleeping too much, drug or alcohol use, impulsivity, over/under eating?
Attending these can provide you with a place to discuss your triggers with people that have experienced similar feelings.
What are support groups?
True or False: Coping skills are not important to your well-being?
What is: FALSE! Coping skills create a sense of calmness, confidence, and inner-peace. They are important for your overall health
When is practicing self care important?
What is Every single day!!!!
How do you make seven even?
What is Take off the S?