Healthy Coping Skills
Name 3 healthy coping skills.
- 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.
Avoiding Help
- Fighting
- Yelling at others
- Harming others or yourself
Name 1 healthy coping skill you used this week.
Cool. Keep it up!
GROUNDING is a type of skill that helps you feel connected to the present moment. Use your 5 senses to feel grounded (Name 1 thing you can SEE, FEEL, TOUCH, SMELL, and TASTE)
List two ways to care for yourself physically.
healthy eating, good sleep schedule, good dental hygiene, exercise, drinking water, showering/bathing, getting in the sun
What gets wet while drying?
a towel
True or false:
Avoiding a situation, trigger, or emotion is a healthy coping skill.
FALSE! This makes it harder for us to face the situation, feeling, or coping skill in the future. It's a vicious cycle.
Someone just made you upset and called you a name. What are all the unhealthy coping skills you can use to respond?!
Physical aggression, using hurtful words back, yelling, fighting, avoiding the issue
What is one benefit that a person can experience from using healthy coping skills
Feeling more relaxed, Having a clear mind to help solve your problems, Creating healthy relationships with others, Being able to think about your response to a situation,
WHEN is the best time to practice your skills? When you are CALM or when you are IN THE HARD EMOTION?
when you are calm! this helps you prepare for those harder moments.
You just had a terrible day. What are you doing to practice self-care and show yourself compassion?
your favorite soothing activities, something comforting, basic hygiene like brushing teeth or showering, talking to someone for help, being kind to yourself and not beating yourself up
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left?
your left hand
Someone just made you upset and called you a name. Describe how you can use a healthy coping skill to respond!
What is one emotion that often lead people to engage in unhealthy coping skills?
Anger
Sadness
Anxiety
Jealousy
Depression
Guilt
Name 1 MENTAL coping skill and 1 PHYSICAL coping skill.
MENTAL: reframing negative thought, positive affirmation, taking perspective, labeling feelings
PHYSICAL: exercise, yoga, breathing, sensory, 5 senses
Exercise can be a healthy coping skill. Show your favorite exercise (a move from your sport, a yoga pose, etc)
Great job. Do this regularly in your daily life to cope and relieve stress.
Positive self talk is a way to show yourself love. Name one example of how you can talk to yourself positively.
Example: I did my best and I can try again next time. I am enough.
What can travel all over the world but never leave its corner?
A stamp
What are clues to know when it's time to use my healthy coping skills?
When you start to feel like you are losing control of your behavior or your emotions
Name an unhealthy coping skill that can hurt your relationships.
Yelling, gossiping, saying hurtful things when angry, ignoring others, avoiding people, avoiding the issue
When does a healthy coping skill become unhealthy?
When it is done excessively and in a unhealthy way.
When it negatively affects your life
There are many items that can help us feel calm and soothe us when we are having difficult emotions (fidgets, essential oils, blankets, candles, tea, games). Show one item you use to cope.
Nice item. It can be helpful to take your item with you to places you know you will be stressed, or to have as a back-up to cope with.
We can often beat ourselves up when we have a difficult emotion or feel we didn't do something well. Tell me one positive affirmation (something kind about yourself, or that helps you get through/feel better/think differently about a situation).
Nice job. Say that to yourself daily!!!
What belongs to you but everyone else uses it?
Your name
What are some of the coping skills you are currently using?
everyone has their own that work for them! :)
Example: Anger and yelling --> exercise
Sadness, anxiety, anger --> artistic expression
Any feeling --> writing it down
Who can benefit from using coping skills? AND when should they be used?
EVERYONE ALL THE TIME
SHOW and DESCRIBE how you can use BREATHING as a coping skill!
Belly breathing, square breathing, taking the BIGGEST breath you can, IN through nose and OUT through mouth
What is self-esteem? How would you say yours is (low, medium, high)?
how we see ourselves; confidence; our self-image and what we think about ourselves.
How do you make seven even?
Take off the S