Coping skills
- Jayden Mullinix
- Sep 25, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 9, 2024
What are coping skills? Why are they important?
Coping skills are conscious skills/strategies used to reduce unpleasant and unwanted emotions. Coping strategies can be cognitions or behaviors and can be individual or social. Coping is to deal with and overcome struggles and difficulties in life. It is a way for us to maintain our mental and emotional well-being.
Coping skill ideas:
•Go for a walk/hike
•Make plans with friends/family
•Do yoga
•Go for a run/jog
•Spend time with pets
•Lift/exercise
•Rearrange your space(s)
•Clean/do a chore
•Deep breathing exercises
•Take care of you
•Make something
•Go roller blading
•Skateboard/Longboard
•Draw/Doodle
•Coloring Books
•Play a game or sport
•Planting plants/staring a garden
•Go to concerts
•Pick up a new hobby
•Knitting/sewing
•Painting/mosaics
•Begin a new project
•Look for treasures on beaches
•Make jewelry
•Refresh your wardrobe
•Cook
•Make lists
•Watch TV/movies/YouTube
•Make a new playlist
•Listen to music
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