Coping Skills
Hey Everyone,
Tough moments are inevitable in life. To whatever extent anxiety presents itself in your life, having a variety of ways to cope with stress is a huge benefit. There are a wide range of coping skills that can be used to keep anxieties at bay.
As defined in the video below,
A coping skill is any characteristic or behavioral pattern that enhances a person’s adaptation. Meaning that if we feel stress all the time, we can create these defense mechanisms, or coping skills to help us better manage or lessen the stress
Coping skills can be split up into 2 major types:
Distraction Techniques and Processing Techniques
As their names suggest, distraction techniques distract us from the issue at hand whereas processing techniques allow us to expand our perspectives and work through our concerns.