Coping Skills

Coping Skills

100

What is a coping skill?

A positive, healthy way to deal with uncomfortable emotions or situations

200

Define "healthy coping skills".

Coping skills that are healthy and not harmful to you or others. 

300

Define "unhealthy coping skills".

Coping skills that are unhealthy keep you from addressing the problem. These skills may feel like they help in the moment but they do not help the actual problem.

400

What coping skills can you use while outside of your home?

Deep breathing, count to 10, use a fidget, use positive self talk, take a break, talk to someone

500

Which of the coping skills below are unhealthy:

Being creative

Talking to someone you deeply trust

Destroying property

Exercising 

Playing a game

Being mean to your roommate

Yelling at someone

- Destroying property

- Being mean to your roommate

- Yelling at someone

Types of skills

100

Name 3 healthy coping skills

Count to 10, Use a Fidget, Read a Book, Writing/Drawing/Painting, Listening to Music, Spending Time with Friends/Family, Go for a Walk, Deep Breathing, Meditation, talking to someone you trust, Journaling

200

Name 3 unhealthy coping skill

Fighting, not letting an adult help you, yelling at others, harming others or yourself, ignoring 

300

Show me how to take 3 deep breaths as a coping skill

great job!

400

Show me how to quietly count to 10 as a coping skill

Nice!

500

Show me how to ask for a break when you feel frustrated

Awesome job!

Give an Example

100

Give an example of a coping skill you can use at home

Playing a game, going for a walk, reading, watching a movie, talking to family/friends

200

Give an example of positive self talk

I can do this!

Keep trying!

Asking for help is OK

You got this

300

Give an example of when your body is telling you that you need help

hands clenching, feeling warm/hot, getting angry, can't sit still, can't be quiet 

400

Give an example of what you can do instead of yelling at someone.

talk to them calmly, walk away and take a breath, find a compromise etc

500

Give an example of negative self talk

I'm no good

I can't do this 

I'm not smart

No one wants to be my friend

True or False

100

Coping skills are used to avoid problems in our lives

False

Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way

200

Coping skills help you focus on important things in your life

True 

When we cope with problems and our emotions, it helps us think more clearly and we are able to have better days

300

Every coping skill is healthy

False

Some ways we learn to cope are not healthy (for example: fighting or yelling)

400

Coping skills are something everyone is born knowing how to do

False 

We learn new coping skills as we grow!

500

Unhealthy coping skills are still coping skills

True

There are both healthy and unhealthy coping skills; the key is knowing the difference and using healthy ones!

Random

100

I show up when you’re overwhelmed and worn, Feeling like life’s joy has been torn. You work too hard and forget to rest, What mental state am I that leaves you feeling less?

Burnout

200

I’m a refuge when the world feels too loud, A place where you feel safe and proud. When everything’s chaotic and you need to retreat, What am I, where peace and mind meet?

Inner peace

300

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Spongebob Squarepants

400

I trick your mind into thinking it’s real, Fear grips your heart, it’s all you feel. It could be spiders, heights, or the sea, What mental state am I that makes you flee?

Phobia

500

I guide your breath and calm your mind, In the present moment, peace you’ll find. When stress mounts high, you turn to me, What am I that helps you feel free?

Mindfulness