Coping Strategies
What is the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 technique?
A feeling that can lead to more commonly choosing high risk/high reward
What is stress?
The place you can go when you feel overwhelmed and stressed
What is the relaxation room?
Depression
What is the mental condition that makes you feel tired, sad without a reason and more?
A reaction everybody has when they are stress or overwhelmed.
What is fight or Flight?
A strategy that involves visualizing.
What is imagery?
How much stress we can handle before we become overwhelmed.
What is destress tolerance?
Dr. Elizabeth Simison
Who do you go to for add/drop classes?
Anxiety
What is the mental condition that makes you overthink about what might come from the future and concern about peer perceptions?
This type of decision-making involves weighing pros and cons before taking action.
What is critical thinking?
Doing something else when a person in stressed
What is the distraction technique?
Coping strategies that help you regulate the current moment.
What are crisis survival skills?
Advisor, Dorm parents, deans, any teachers/faculties, cwc counselors
Who can you go to when you need to talk to any trusted adults?
Hyperactive and impulsive, inattentive, combined type
A “win-win” approach focuses on this kind of outcome.
What is a solution that benefits all sides?
A technique that helps a person think rationally, instead of emotionally.
What is Pros vs Cons?
A system that is activated during a problem
What is the limbic system
Writing down your thoughts and feelings is known as this coping activity.
What is journaling?
Reflecting on what worked and what didn’t after solving a problem helps build this important skill.
What is self-evaluation or metacognition?
A strategy that involves accepting your situations.
What is Radical Acceptance?
Types of stressors people experience, can be psychological or physical.
What is systemic, processive, and systemic/processive?
Breakfast club, Isa, OEI, affinities
what are some clubs/organization that cares for our physical and mental health on campus?
Using “I” statements instead of “you” statements helps prevent this during conflict.
What is blame or defensiveness?
When you brainstorm multiple possible solutions before choosing one, you are using this strategy.
What is creative or divergent thinking?