Individual Coping Skills
How can listening to music be used as a coping skill?
Music can distract your mind from stressors and provide relaxation.
How can helping a peer be used as a coping skill?
Instant fixes for stress exist and work.
False!
Name 2 negative coping skills.
Isolation, internalizing feelings, self-harm, substance use, etc.
How can participating in leisure activities be used a coping skill?
How can talking to a trusted individual be used as a coping skill?
Talking about your stressors allows expressing your emotions and prevent internalizing negative feelings.
Taking time for yourself each day will help you cope with stress.
True!
Name 2 positive coping skills.
Exercise, artwork, socialization, leisure activities, music, etc.
How can exercising be used as a coping skill?
Exercising improves your mood, self-esteem, and releases dopamine. It also decreases stress and depression.
How can socialization be used as a coping skill?
All stress is bad stress.
False
To decrease stress through breathing, do not breathe with your chest, but with your...?
Diaphragm