Healthy and unhealthy coping skills
Name two healthy coping skills
-journaling
-listening to music
-taking a walk
-deep breathing
-meditation
-talking to someone ............
Name one benefit of using healthy coping skills is
-feeling more relaxed
-having a clear mind
-creating healthy relationships
-get to think about response to a situation
True or False:
There are instant "fixes" for stress
False
What is the is an emotional insulation?
Stuffing emotions.
what is a stressor?
anything that causes someone stress
name three unhealthy coping skills
-Using
-yelling at others
-harming yourself or others
-not eating enough or eating too much
-Stuffing feelings
Coping skills can help people manage stressful situations and improve their mental health.
Manage stress: Coping skills can help people manage stress levels.
Improve resilience: Coping skills can help people improve their resilience.
Work through difficult emotions: Coping skills can help people work through difficult emotions.
True or False:
All stress is out of your control
False
What is a internal or external pressure.
Internal pressures as the pressures we put on ourselves and external pressures as ones put on us by other people or by society.
What should you do if you feel yourself becoming triggered?
use a healthy coping skill
Meditation, talking to someone, breathing exercises, mindfulness, and yoga are healthy coping skills to help reduce ________________.
stress
Which of the following is a benefit of using healthy coping skills?
a.) allow us to create better relationships
b.) they increase stress
c.)allow us to have a healthy mind and body
d.) all the above
e.) a and c
f.) b and c
e.) a and c
Using healthy coping skills allows is to reduce stress!!!
True or False:
Taking time for yourself each day is essential to help cope with the pressures of life.
True
What is intellectualization?
Tell us about a time you were triggered and used a healthy coping skill. Tell us what coping skill was used and the outcome. Be specific
need to describe situation, coping skill and how it was used
Healthy coping skills help us:
a.) deal with stressors in our lives
b.) work through our emotions and problems
c.) process our thoughts and emotions
d.) all the above
e.) just a and b
d.) all the above
Why are coping skills important to our well being?
-create a sense of calmness, confidence, and inner peace
-help us reduce stress
True or False:
My thoughts and feelings are not wrong, it is the way I respond to the thoughts and feelings that matters
True
What is does repression mean?
Repression involves unconsciously blocking unwanted thoughts or impulses.
Which of the following are under the grounding category of coping skills?
a.)exercise
b.)singing
c.)taking a nap
d.)volunteering
a.) exercise
how can unhealthy coping skills negatively affect your lives?
-we can hurt others
-we can hurt ourselves
-cause more problems for us later on
-They could also make you relaspe.
What do coping skills help us with?
help us work through and process our emotions
True or False:
What helps one person cope with stress may not necessarily help me
True
What is an example of a conflict internal or external.
Internal
External
What are the five categories of coping skills
-grounding
-higher self
-emotional release
-distraction
-Exercising self-control