Coping Skills
What is a coping skill?
A coping skill is something we can do to help manage our feelings or to deal with stressful situations.
What is a Trigger?
A trigger can be any sensory reminder of the traumatic event: a sound, sight, smell, physical sensation, or even a time of day or season.
Anger & anxiety triggers are the things that set you off.
What new coping skill are you going to try or would like to try?
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True or False: Talking to others is a healthy coping skill?
True.
Exercise?
Healthy.
Name an example of a coping skill.
Talking, walking away, calling someone, listening to music, etc
What are some examples of triggers?
Triggers are feelings, experiences, people, places, things, and sensory that you associate with your painful or traumatic memory.
What is an example of a distraction coping skill?
Tv, movies, reading, drawing, sports, call a friend, games, etc.
True or False: Every coping skill is healthy?
False. Some coping skills might make things worse, like sleeping the whole day or eating too much junk food.
Eating junk food?
Unhealthy if it is too much.
Taking your mind off the problem for a while is this type of coping skill?
Distraction.
What should you do if something triggers you?
Use a coping skill! (Give one example if haven't already).
Can you can calm down your body by slowing your breath?
Yes!
True or False: A coping skill that is helpful for you might not be helpful for someone else?
True. Everyone benefits from different coping skills, because we are all unique.
Scream into a pillow?
Healthy.
Centering and grounding yourself in the moment is what type of coping skill?
Mindfulness.
What is a warning sign for an anger trigger?
sweating, clenched fists, turn red, can’t get past problem, becoming argumentative, raised voice, verbal insults, pacing, aggressive, body language, shut down
How are coping skills helpful?
Builds confidence, manages emotions, helps us tackle challenges, etc.
True or False: Coping skills are something everyone is born knowing how to do?
False: Coping skills are learned throughout our lives.
Arguing?
Unhealthy.
What coping skill releases endorphins (the “feel-good” hormones) which act as natural mood lifters, can help with anxiety, and reduce long-term physical health risks through physical movement?
Exercise
Why is it helpful to identify what your triggers are?
If you know what your triggers are, you can be more prepared to handle them.
What makes a coping skill unhealthy?
If it does more harm than good to myself or others; Examples: substance use, excessively spending money, self-harm, etc.
True or False: Healthy coping skills are used to avoid problems in our lives?
False. Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way.
Healthy coping skills help us work through our problems and emotions. We will never be able to avoid all problems!
Destroying property
Unhealthy and expensive.