Adaptive Coping Skills
Involves long breaths, especially as exercise or a method of relaxation.
Deep breathing
Many people may drink this but too much of it can start impairing your functioning.
Alcoholism
Type of stressor that is long-lasting.
Chronic stress
Having to submit an application by a deadline but you did not give yourself enough time.
Includes the network of people (and animals!) that help individuals cope with stress.
Deep breathing
Finding comfort in this but eating too much can create health issues.
Binge eating
Thoughts or behaviors used to manage internal/external demands.
Coping
At the end of the semester to finalize your course.
Finals exams
Exercising
Not fueling your body as your needs.
Not eating
Coping that generally involves confronting the problems directly in a healthy way to manage stressful situations.
Adaptive coping
This occurs (often seasonal) can stop us from seeing our loved ones when an occasion occurs.
Being sick before the holidays.
Something you can listen to help you decrease your stress and uplift your mood.
Music
Going to the store and doing too much of this to avoid your stressor.
Coping that generally increases stress and anxiety. Examples include binge eating, substance use, etc.
Maladaptive coping
Many college students have to do this to meet life demands.
Journaling
Doing this activity in excessive can create health issues. This is usually banned in certain areas.
Smoking
Psychological experience that results from perceiving a threat and lack of resources to manage it
Stress
This comes during a particular season.
Christmas shopping