Healthy or unhealthy
Is take 3 deep breaths healthy or unhealthy?
Healthy
What is 1 benefit of using healthy coping skills?
Helps you feel more relaxed,
Having a clear mind,
Creating healthy relationships,
Positive decision making,
Being in control
True or False:
Reacting quickly to my anger will not get me any consequences.
False
Reacting quickly to anger often results in hurting yourself or others
What are the consequences of using healthy coping skills?
We feel better about ourselves
Tony felt embarrassed at school when his classmates made fun of him for messing up his words when it was his time to read. Tony accepted that he was feeling embarrassed, asked his teacher to help him after school, and listened to music to feeling better.
What healthy coping skills did Tony use?
Name his emotion (You have to name it to tame it),
Asked for help and listened to music
What makes a coping skill healthy?
When it is safe, helpful and doesn't harm yourself or others.
When I feel worried, what can you do?
Draw my worry,
Journal
True or False:
All coping skills are healthy coping skills.
False
Some coping skills can be harmful - eating too much sweets, having too much screen time, substance use, etc.
What happens when you use withdrawal to cope with your feelings?
You can start to feel alone and like no one understands.
Aliyah was feeling nervous because she heard rumors that her good friend did not like her anymore. She decided to write about her feelings in her journal.
What type of coping skill is this?
Healthy coping skill
What makes a coping skill unhealthy?
When it is unhelpful, unsafe or hurtful to yourself or others
When does a healthy coping skill become unhealthy?
Done excessively and in an unhealthy way
True or False:
What helps one person cope with stress may not necessarily help me.
True
What are some other consequences for using unhealthy coping skills?
You can get in trouble,
You can feel like everything is crashing down on you,
Overwhelmed,
You can hurt people and lose friendships
Michael felt embarrassed after he tripped and fell in the hallway. He and his friend go into a fight because his friend said it was his fault for walking fast.
Was the coping skill he used healthy or unhealthy?
Unhealthy
Which is a healthier way to deal with anger:
Telling your friend why you're mad or
Punching a pillow with their face on it?
Telling your friend why you're mad
Why are coping skills important to our well-being?
Create a sense of calmness,
Builds confidence,
Attains inner peace,
Helps us reduce stress
True or False:
Coping skills are used to avoid our problems.
False
Coping skills are used to address current emotions and can benefit in addressing the problems.
What are the healthy consequences for using healthy coping skills?
You get support and come up with solutions,
You can learn to put your emotions into positive things that can improve your mood and help you to feel good about yourself,
You can feel at peace and move on,
You can improve your friendships
Brandon was feeling angry at school today and claimed that everyone was giving him dirty looks.
What type of coping skill was Brandon using?
Unhealthy coping skill of projection
Name 2 healthy coping skills?
Meditation
Relaxation
What is a mindfulness practice that can help you calm your body and mind?
Deep breathing (4 square breathing),
Meditation,
Grounding exercise,
Name 5 things that are a specific colour
True or False:
Coping skills are not important to your well-being.
False
What are some more consequences for using healthy coping skills?
You can feel understood,
You can understand others better,
You don't hold onto grudges
Brittney said that if was not the best player on her basketball team she must be the worst.
What unhealthy coping skill was Brittney using?
All or nothing thinking