Coping Skills
Coping Skills are defined as.....
Methods people use to manage stressful situations and deal with their emotions.
Mindfulness defined as.....
Focusing on the present moment and being aware of your surroundings
Leisure is defined as....
Use of free time
988 is the Suicide and Crisis lifeline
TRUE
The difference between avoidance and distraction
Avoidance - Long-term, not acknowledging what's going on, ignore
Distraction - Temporary, helps you get back to baseline
One mindfulness skill
5 Senses
breathing exercises
focusing on one object
Body Scan
Why is leisure important
Fun
Develop skills
Build values/character
Socialize
Leisure skills are used only for anxiety
FALSE
Leisure skills are used for free time and for enjoyment
Touch, Hearing, Sight, Smell, Taste
The three components of mindfulness
HINT: A, A, N-J
Awareness
Acceptance
Non-judgement
3 healthy leisure skills/activity you enjoy
Pts response
Medication does 25% you do 75%
TRUE!
Medication does not make our problems go away. They help with symptoms and help us maintain our health
Coping skills for managing low energy
Exercise/Walk
Upbeat music
Taking care of pets
Break down tasks/lists
Any activity involving movement that is not sedentary
When should you practice mindfulness
When feeling anxious or perseverating on a thought
Feeling out of your body
Difficulty focusing
When nearing crisis
True or False
Leisure skills are different than coping skills
True
Coping skills are used to manage difficult emotions/scenarios
Leisure skills are used in free time
The Earth is flat
FALSE
freebie
Scenario: You are about to enter a family party and on the car ride there you and your parent get into a heated argument. What can you do to manage this feeling of anger and still enjoy the family party?
Allow pts a chance to think on coping skill
ex: take a short walk, talk to fav cousin, get some grub, distract with party games.
Concern vs Worry
Concern - adaptive and rational thought process that helps us prepare, ACTION
Worry - fear based and irrational thought process, paralysis
Leisure skill that involves multiple people
group outing to dinner, club activity, game night, sport, competitive activity
You can not personalize coping or leisure skills to fit into your daily life
FALSE