Coping Skills
What is the definition of coping skills?
Thoughts and behaviors that help individuals manage distressing situations.
True or False:
Everyone feels emotions differently and that is okay.
True!
What I may feel as angry, you might feel as lonely. We all feel our emotions differently. It is important that we respect others' emotions and learn how to regulate our own.
What is the process by which plants release oxygen?
Photosynthesis
What is an example of something that triggers you?
Thank you for sharing :)
A fast heartbeat and sweat palms are common signs of this
Stress and/or anxiety
What is a technique that involves focusing on your breath to reduce stress?
Deep Breathing
We are born with coping skills.
False!
All coping skills, both healthy and unhealthy, are learned throughout our lives.
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
What should you do if you find yourself becoming triggered?
use healthy coping skills
Unlike other emotions like fear and anger, which make your heartbeat speed up, this emotion makes your heartbeat slow down a bit.
A) Pride
B) Guilt
C) Shame
D) Disgust
D) Disgust
What are coping skills used for?
(Hint: There we are looking for 3 answers)
1. Manage Stress
2. Regulate Emotions
3. Overcome Challenges
True or False:
You can only feel one emotion at a time.
False- We can feel many emotions all at once.
What is the largest species of dolphin?
Orca (Killer Whale)
How can identifying triggers help with emotional regulation?
It allows us to prepare, respond instead of react, and choose healthier coping skills
How can trauma "live" in the body, even after the danger is gone?
The body holds tension, pain, or triggers.
What makes a coping skill unhealthy?
When it is safe, helpful, and doesn't harm yourself or others.
True or False:
Feeling angry is always a bad thing.
False – Anger is a normal emotion; it’s how we express it that matters.
What is the longest bone in the human body.
The femur
What does a trigger usually lead to if left unchecked?
Unchecked triggers often lead to impulsive behavior, conflict, relapse, or unhealthy coping
When your body reacts before you have time to think, it is called this response.
Fight-or-flight
(also included in this response are fawn and freeze)
How do you practice healthy coping skills?
Exploring different skills, noting how they make you feel, using skills even when not upset, match them to the environments, take a body scan.
People who have experienced at least one trauma are unable to regulate their emotions due to damage to their hippocampus.
False!
Anyone is able to regulate their emotions through consistent practice.
10%
(Answers between 5%-15% are accepted)
What are the three main types of triggers?
What is Internal, External, and Sensory?
What is the main function of the amygdala?
The amygdala is commonly thought to form the core of a neural system for processing fearful and threatening stimuli (4), including detection of threat and activation of appropriate fear-related behaviors in response to threatening or dangerous stimuli.