Coping skills are tools and techniques you can use to help you handle difficult emotions, decrease stress, and establish or maintain a sense of internal order. They can be helpful to use when you’re feeling angry, anxious, sad, stressed, overwhelmed, or even when you're feeling well, to help you stay level.

Good news is that you likely already have some coping skills in your tool kit, and you may not even know it! If you like to take your dog for a walk when you are stressed, or play video games when you are angry, those are coping skills.