Coping Skills
List three coping skills
Examples: Deep breathing, music, walking, journaling, etc.
How do you feel right now?
Happy, sad. mad, calm, etc.
These type of statements takes responsibility for one’s own feelings, while also describing a problem without blaming, shaming, or attacking others.
"I feel" statements
Smiling can show people that you may feel....
Happy, calm, content
What emotion frequently is shown with a red face, tense muscles, and clenched fists?
Anger
Name five emotions
Happy, sad, frustrated, disgusted, surprised, etc.
Name the animals that demonstrated different styles of communication. What animal do you want to be and why?
Mouse, Monster, Me (Me)
Lion, owl, mouse (Owl)
Yelling and loud tones demonstrate what type of communication.
Aggressive (monster, lion)
True or False. Art can be used as a coping skill.
What does it mean when someone has the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
Empathy
A communication style in which a person stands up for their own needs and beliefs, while also respecting the needs of others. Often used with "I" statements instead of "you" statements.
Assertive Communication
Show us how a passive person might communicate with facial expressions and tone of voice.
muttering, low voice, not firm, quiet, eyes down, no eye contact, saying umm, apologizing when nothing to apologize for
Name three negative coping skills
Ex: Substance use, self-harm, bottling feelings, fighting, etc.
A stimulus-such as a person, place, situation, or thing- that contributes to unwanted emotional or behavioral response is called....
Triggers
In this communication style, a person prioritizes the needs, wants, and feelings of others, while ignoring their own.
Passive Communication
Show the posture that an assertive person (me, owl) may have.
sitting or standing up straight but relaxed, arms loose, by their side, eye contact with who they are speaking and listening to
What are Negative Coping Skills called?
Maladaptive Coping Skills or Mess You Ups (MUPs)
Describe the iceberg of emotion.
Often there are emotions that are hidden that people don't see such as loss, fear, rejection, and hurt when the emotion that is shown is anger.
In this communication style, a person expressed that only their own needs, wants, and feelings matter. The other person is bullied, and their needs are ignored.
Aggressive Communication
How might someone be aggressive but also quiet?
hitting their fists, cracking their knuckles, glaring, muttering under their breathe, making comments under their breathe as people pass, rigid in body language, clenching their fists or teeth, sighing, rolling their eyes, laughing at someone.