Coping Skills

Coping Skills-this will help you deal

with emotional problems like being sad,
difficult and stressful situations or
experiences in your lives. If you have
developed coping skills, you can
prevent serious problems resulting
from these experiences.
There are several
coping techniques you
can use in ordinary life
situation. Study the
following coping
techniques and see
how you can practice
them:
 SUPPORT-SEEKING STRATEGIES
1 Talk to a friend who can do something about it
Seek advice from responsible family members or
2 relatives
3 Talk to someone to find out more about the problem
4 Look for someone who will sympathize with you
5 Seek professional help
 POSITIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES

1 Do not act hastily

2 Make a plan of action
3 Look at the problem as a challenge
4 Be creative in solving the problem.
Come up with different solutions to the
5 problem.
 POSITIVE-REFRAMING STRATEGIES

Self Talk is a
way to help
you change
your thought.
 When you are preparing for a stress
A situation
1 I know I can do it
2 It easier once I get started
3 What exactly do I have to do?
4 Tomorrow, I will be through it.
5 I have succeed with this before
6 I won’t entertain negative thoughts
B When you are facing the challenge/problem

1 I can do this
2 I can only do my best
3 I can ask somebody for help
4 If I get nervous, I’ll take a deep breath
5 If I feel tense, I’ll do my coping exercise
6 It’s OK to make mistakes; no one is perfect
7 I won’t rush. I will take it slowly step by step
C When you are coping with fear
1 I’ll survive this.
2 Relax” It will end
3 Take a deep breath
4 Lord, help me
5 I can always call someone.
D Self-Congratualtions
1 I did it
2 I did it well
Next time, I wont have to worry
3
much
4 I got to tell this do _____________
E Affirmation
I enter the day with a peaceful
1
thought
Every day in every way I grow
2
stronger and stronger