Focus of Coping
What is Socaily-Supported Coping
List the things you feel grateful for, meditate, picture your "happy place," or look at pictures to remind you of the people, places, and things that bring joy.
What is practicing mindfulness?
To temporarily stop an activity, work, or study session to rest, eat, drink, or switch to a different task
What is taking a break?
As an example, if you are stressed about your history grade, you might be tempted to spend time with friends or watch TV because that’s less anxiety-provoking than completing the project. But if you never work on your history project, your coping strategies are only masking the problem.
What is avoiding?
Within this framework there are three circles that concentrate on control, influence, and concern.
What are the circles of control?
What is emotion-focused coping?
You can play with a pet, practice breathing exercises, squeeze a stress ball, use a relaxation app, enjoy some aromatherapy, try progressive muscle relaxation, or write in a journal.
The act of expressing a need, question, or struggle to someone else in order to receive support, guidance, advice, labor, or resources that make a task or challenge easier
What is asking for help?
What is venting?
Things that depend on my own choices, actions, and attitudes
What is the circle of control?
This is when you need to change your situation.
What is problem-focused?
Doing yoga, going for a walk, taking a hike, or engaging in a recreational sport
What is exercise?
Establishing personal limits and guidelines that define acceptable behavior toward yourself, protecting your physical, emotional, mental, and time well-being
What are healthy boundaries?
Using this thing as a hard shutdown button for reality
What is sleeping too much?
These are things where my actions may make a difference, but I cannot guarantee the outcome.
What is the circle of influence?
This is when you are trying to see the positive or meaningful aspects of the stressful situation, especially with severe or chronic stressors. (It is sometimes referred to as cognitive reappraisal).
What is meaning-making focused coping?
Putting on lotion that smells good, spend time in nature, take a bath, drink tea, or take care of your body in a way that makes you feel good such as painting your nails, doing your hair, putting on a face mask.
What is self-care?
The process of gathering, writing down, and organizing tasks, errands, or goals that you need or want to complete
What is creating a to-do list?
A) the act of consuming more food or calories than your body needs for physical energy, often continuing past fullness or ignoring natural hunger-regulation signals
B) the dietary behavior of limiting overall food intake, cutting back on specific calories, or avoiding entire food groups.
What is overeating/restrictive eating?
These are things that may affect me, but I cannot decide or control the outcome.
What is the circle of concern?
This is a multifaceted coping strategy including elements of social support coping, problem-focused coping, and emotion-focused coping, that aims to converse or transform meaning in the face of adversity.
What is religious-focused coping?
The ability to manage, endure, and ride out emotional pain, stress, or aversive physical sensations without making the situation worse or resorting to impulsive, destructive behaviors
What is building distress tolerance?
The process of consciously planning and organizing how you divide your time between specific activities to increase efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness.
What is time management?
When you uses they to cope you may temporarily numb your pain, but it doesn't resolve your issues. They are likely to introduce new problems into your life.
What is drinking and using drugs?
Whether I get hired for a job