Understanding Coping Skills
TRUE or FALSE
Positive Coping Skills
Negative Coping Skills
100
This is how someone handles stress or challenges in their life

Coping Skills

100

Coping skills are used to avoid problems in our lives

FALSE,  Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way

100

This activity involves moving your body and is good for both physical and mental health

Exercise

100

Some people react to stress by choosing harmful activities that dont help issues to go away

Negative coping skills

200

A positive way to start dealing with stress is by taking slow, deep....

Breaths

200

Every coping skill is healthy

FALSE,  Some ways we may have learnt to cope with our emotions aren't healthy

200

This practice involves calming your mind and can include activities such as yoga

Meditation


200

This occurs when someone keeps their feelings inside instead of talking about them

Bottling up emotions

300

Talking to this person can help you feel better when upset 

Friend

Counselor

Family Member

300

Coping skills are something everyone is born knowing how to do 

FALSE, Coping skills must be learned/taught/observed in a healthy way

300

This strategy involves finding solutions to problems instead of dwelling on hat went wrong

Problem Solving

300

Which of the coping skills below are unhealthy?

Getting fresh air

Talking to a friend

Exercising

Playing a game

Taking feelings out on others

Yelling at someone

Taking feelings out on others

Yelling at someone

400

This positive coping technique involves writing about your thoughts and feelings in a special book

Journaling

400

Unhealthy coping skills are still coping skills

TRUE, Unhealthy coping skills may help some people with their problems, BUT it should eventually be corrected

400

This cognitive skill involves talking kindly to yourself to boost your mood and self-esteem.

Positive affirmations

400

This negative habit involves ignoring responsibilities due to stess, leading to bigger problems later

Procrastination

500

 These are people, places, or things that create a sudden urge to use substances.

Triggers

500
Using coping skills will completely dissolve the feelings associated with external or internal stressors

FALSE, coping skills are used to help us regulate from a 10 to a 4-7

500

Engaging in activities that promote relaxation and well-being, such as taking a bath or practicing meditation, falls under this category of coping.

SELF-CARE

500

This thinking trap involves taking a single behavior and turning it into a permanent, negative identity.

LABELING