Healthy and Unhealthy Coping Skills
Name two healthy coping skills?
What is journaling, listening to music, taking a walk, breathing exercises, meditation, talking to someone, writing, drawing, etc.
What is one benefit of using healthy coping skills?
What is: Feeling more relaxed, having a clear mind, creating healthy relationships, get to think about your response to a situation, being in control, etc.
All stress is bad stress
What is False. Engaging in a challenge, exercise (weight training especially), getting a promotion or married, having a child, falling in love, riding a roller coaster, and the holidays are examples of good stress.
What is a stressor?
What is: Anything that causes stress or triggers a stress response in your body or mind. This can include situations, events, or conditions that make you feel anxious, overwhelmed, or under pressure.
This simple practice helps you calm down by taking slow, deep breaths in and out.
What is Deep Breathing/Breathing exercises.
Name three unhealthy coping skills
When do healthy coping skills become unhealthy?
What is when it is done excessively and in an unhealthy way.
All coping skills are healthy coping skills
What is False. Some coping skills can be harmful (eating too much, eating too little, having too much screen time, substance use, etc).
How do coping skills help us?
What is: Coping skills help us with working through and processing our emotions and stress, managing stress, reducing negative emotions, improving ability to handle challenges, promote emotional resilience, and support mental health.
This technique involves writing down your feelings to help you understand and manage them better.
What is Journaling
How do unhealthy coping skills affect us?
What is they can: Increase anxiety and depression, lower self esteem, lead to addiction, chronic health problems, poor sleep patterns, strained relationships, decrease productivity.
When I feel worried I can A) Draw my worry B) Yell at someone nearby C) Journal D) A and C
What is D) A and C
What helps one person cope with stress may not necessarily help me.
What is True. Everyone has different coping skills and strategies that work for them.
Name one of the changes that the body goes through during fight or flight when you become triggered.
What is: heart rate increases, senses sharpen, heavier breathing, adrenaline increases, and the autonomic nervous system turns on.
This type of meditation helps you stay focused on the present moment rather than worrying about the past or future.
What is Mindfulness
Some anger coping skills are A) Walk away B) Breathing exercises C) Talk to someone about it D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Why are coping skills important to our well-being?
What is it creates a sense of calmness, builds confidence, attains inner peace, helps us reduce stress, etc.
Coping skills are used to avoid our problems.
What is False. Coping skills are used to address current emotions and can benefit in addressing the problems.
A natural way to get in shape, decrease stress and increase feelings of happiness is _________?
Talking to a therapist about your stress is known as this.
What is seeking professional help
What are some of the coping skills you are currently using?
What is: Playing video games, watching videos, listening to music, walking away, talking to someone, reading, vacationing, taking a drive, social media, painting, exercising, sports, playing with a pet, etc.
What is a mindfulness practice that can help you calm your body and mind?
What is: Deep breathing, meditation, grounding exercises, gratitude journaling, progressive muscle relaxation, going on a walk, stretching, or yoga.
Coping skills are not important to your well-being.
What is False. Coping skills are important to our well-being because it helps us manage stress, navigate challenges, reduce negative emotions, prevent mental health issues, foster resilience, and maintain an emotional balance.
Name a benefit of having coping skills.
What is the ability to decrease symptoms of depression, decrease anxiety, decrease stress, better management of emotions, and better your mood.
This positive habit involves talking kindly to yourself to boost your mood and self-esteem.
What is positive self talk/affirmations.