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What are Coping Skills?
What are Coping Skills?
In a situation that causes stress or other uncomfotable feeling we use coping skills to help minimize or address those feelings. It is important that when coping skills are used that they are healthy coping skills as opposed to unhealthy coping skills as they can cause even more damage and lead to more uncomfortable feelings. Healthy coping skills can be problem-focused or emotion focused. Below are some examples of both.
COVID-19 and Coping SKills
COVID-19 and Coping SKills
COVID-19 has brough on additional stress onto many individuals and families, for some people their "go-to" coping mechanism's are not possible due to having to limit contact with other people. The World Health Organization has released some reccomendations for coping with stress as a result of the pandemic.
Finding Healthy Coping Skills that Work for You
Finding Healthy Coping Skills that Work for You
Every individual will have their own set of coping skills that will work for them. What works for someone else may not work for another person. It is okay to not know what coping skills work. Many individuals coping skills come from something that they already like to do that takes their mind away from the uncomfortable feeling. This may be going on a walk, drawling, writing in a journal, talking to a friend, and so much more. They key component of a healthy coping skill is that it is something that reduces an uncomfortable feeling without doing further harm. For people who are unsure where to start developing coping skills, the video below describes an easy coping skill that anyone can do.
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