Healthy/Unhealthy Coping Skills
Name 2 Healthy Coping Skills
Journaling, Taking a Walk, Listening to Music, Drawing, Coloring, Painting, Yoga, Medititation
True/False: Coping Skills can be learned and improved with practice.
TRUE! We benefit from changing our coping skills as we outgrow them within time.
This Coping Skill involves challenging negative thoughts and replacing them with more positive realistic ones.
Positive Affirmations. How can positive affirmations help YOU?
How do effective/positive coping skills contribute to overall mental health and emotional well-being?
Effective coping skills help us navigate and adapt to stressful situations more effectively, reducing the harmful impact of stress on mental health and the body.
Which breathing technique pairs well with body scanning or progressive muscle relaxation?
Diaphragmatic "Belly" Breathing
Name 2 Unhealthy Coping Skills
Fighting, Yelling, Drinking, Drugs, etc.
True/False: Avoiding problems and emotions is a HEALTHY coping strategy.
False. To a certain extent... Why?
What Coping Skill involves writing down your thoughts and feelings as a way to help process them?
Journaling. What are some benefits of journaling?
How do coping skills play a part in healthy relationships and communication with others?
Coping skills contribute to healthy relationships by promoting effective communication and conflict resolution.
People will start feeling safe and comfortable with you in time.
Which breathing technique requires you to visualize a shape?
Box Breathing
When does a Healthy Coping Skill become UNHEALTHY?
When you do it excessively or start to do it in an unhealthy way. Ex. Taking a Nap could be a positive coping skill, but it is not beneficial when you do it too much
True/False: Coping Skills are ONLY useful during times of crisis or extreme stress.
False. They are practiced at any moment/ degree or level of stress caused by a stressor.
Which Coping Skill involves engaging in physical activity to reduce stress?
Exercise! What are some examples of exercises we can do to help us when we are stressed?
In what ways can the practice of healthy coping skills enhance our ability to manage stress in various aspects of life?
The regular practice of healthy coping skills provides us with the tools that we need to cope with stressors across different domains of life, such as work, relationships, and personal challenges.
Which breathing technique involves using your thumb and index finger to complete it?
Alternate Nostril Breathing
How do Unhealthy Coping Skills affect us?
Hurt us, hurt others, can cause more problems
True/False: Negative Coping Skills and Positive Coping Skills are the SAME.
False. "Negative" coping skills are otherwise known as Defense Mechanisms.
What Coping Skill involves practicing acceptance of situations that cannot be changed?
This is called Radical Acceptance. This is a practice that involves accepting emotions or circumstances that we cannot change and are out of our control (Serenity Prayer). Why is this important?
What are some examples of healthy coping skills that have been shown to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenges?
Mindfulness meditation, deep breathing exercises, journaling, physical exercise, and seeking social support. These coping techniques have been scientifically proven to promote relaxation, reduce negative thinking patterns, and improve overall psychological well-being.
What is the Japanese breathing exercise that involves stretching and inhaling and exhaling slowly?
Senobi Breathing
What is ONE Positive Coping Skill you would like to try that you have not tried yet?
Answers Vary
True/False: ALL stress is out of our control.
False. Not ALL stress is out of our control, but HOW we COPE with stress is what MATTERS.
Which component of your relapse prevention plan involves seeking out social support from friends or family?
Support System. This is when you can seek support from others to help manage your stress. This can be best received from fellow recovering peers, but can also be helpful to receive from whoever you feel like you can talk to for help at the time.
How do healthy coping skills help YOU?
Answers Vary!
Which breathing exercise requires you to make a humming sound and place your fingers over the tragus cartilage.
The Humming Bee Breath