Coping Skills Definitions
What is a coping skill?
Activities, strategies, or thoughts we use to process our emotions
Name 3 healthy coping skills (this will vary for everyone)
Reading
Journaling
Listening to music
Exercising
Meditation
Assuming others’ thoughts/feelings without evidence.
Mind Reading
True or False:
Coping Skills are used to avoid problems in our lives
False
Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way
What emotions are in Inside Out? (the first one)
Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, Fear
Define "healthy coping skills"
Coping skills that are healthy and not harmful to you or others
Name 3 Unhealthy Coping Skills (this will vary)
Harming others or yourself
Substance abuse
Avoiding help
Denying you need help
Procrastination
Turning a single negative event into a lifelong pattern of defeat.n
Overgeneralizing
True or False:
Coping skills help you focus on important things in your life
True
When we cope with our problems and our emotions, it helps us think more clearly and tackle them better
Finish the phrase 6......
7 (6 7)
Define "unhealthy coping skills"
Coping skills that are unhealthy or harmful to you or others
What kind of coping skills are deep breathing, yoga, and paying attention to your surroundings?
Mindfulness
Black-and-white or dichotomous thinking, this is the tendency to see things in extremes
All or nothing technique
True or False:
Every coping skill is healthy
False
Some ways we learn to cope are not healthy
Give an example of positive self talk (will vary)
I've got this
I can keep trying
I'm going to have a great day
When should you practice coping skills?
When you're calm. Practicing when you're calm will help create patterns.
What kind of coping skill is playing a game or watching a movie?
Distraction coping skills
The habit of predicting a negative outcome as an absolute certainty. It isn’t cautious preparation; it is treating a “maybe” as a “definitely.”
Fortune Telling
True or False:
You need a lot of free time before starting healthy coping skills
False
The best coping skills are one's that can be used daily
Nolan Bushnell covered a lot of ground, founding both Atari & this kids’ pizza place chain with a rodent mascot
What is Chuck E. Cheese?
- Getting Fresh air
- Talking to a friend
- Taking feelings out on others
- Riding a bike
Taking feelings out on others
Name a relaxing coping skill you can use when you feel stressed
Taking deep breaths or sitting quietly can help your body calm down
The invisible rulebooks we write for ourselves and others.
“I should be able to handle this stress.” (Result: Guilt).
“My partner should just understand why I’m upset.” (Result: Resentment).
Should statements
True or False:
Coping skills are a one-size fits all solution
False
Coping skills are unique to everyone
Pour one out for “Mr.” this, gone too soon in 2001; it was first named Peppo but Dr Pepper’s lawyers had issues with that.
Who is Mr. Pibb?