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Coping skills can be really important for anxiety. They often soothe or comfort us, and they help us calm down and make better choices. However, coping skills do nothing to solve our problems in the long term, and some of them, if used exclusively, can be harmful. Coping skills help us take a break from our discomfort, but also from our life purpose. So that’s why I get a little bugged when I hear that the only skill someone is learning in therapy is how to cope.
Using coping skills to get through a crisis and get calm and then coming back and resolving the problem is the best long-term practice. This ability to pause before choosing an action is an essential skill of emotionally resilient people.
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Thanks for your access to this help! You provide excellent service for people!
Summary/ Overview:
0:00 Intro – 25 coping skills/ techniques
1:30 Sponsor Ad – Blinkist
2:56 Story – Argentina, helping out ppl in need, leader where rude, sleept, came back and confronted the situation.
4:12 HALT – Hungry Angry Lonely Tired – Pause, Slow down, use Coping skills to avoid the crisis/ calm down, then come back to resolve the problem in its entiery or part by part. Emotional resiliens.
6:41 Sensory coping skills
1 go outside breathing fresh air
2 take a walk
3 listen to music
4 feeling a comfortable texture
5 smell something pleasant
6 getting a massage
7 exercise
8 hot shower / cold face wash
9 knitting/ sewing/ build something
7:14 Cognitive coping skills
10 write it down – ex brain dump
11 journaling
12 meditation
13 mindfulness
14 prayer
15 coloring
16 guided imagery
17 progressive muscle relaxation
7:28 Active coping skills
18 playing an instrument
19 making some music
20 humor
21 watching a funny clip on youtube
22 watching TV (watch out though, turns off much of brain and can hinder resolving issue)
23 reading a book
24 doing crosswords
25 getting out in nature
26 planting something/ seeds
27 give yourself a facial
28 express yourself thru art or music
8:13 Connection coping skills
29 hug someone
30 pet an animal
31 talk it out with a friend
32 write a letter to someone or write email before talking with them.
8:36 Coping skill addictions
-Which 3 coping skills will you use in a crisis? – in which environment?
-Which 3 people can you call in a crisis?
-If your currently in crisis, some tips.
10:02 Summary: Develop coping skills, make better choices, get thru crises.
10:15 Outro
omg i am over 5 minutes in and she STILL HAS NOT STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE VIDEO TOPIC
Thanks for your video I want share to friends that doesn't speak English. Can you post with subtitles in Spanish?
I feel like the current ER help or hotlines are very in helpless. I contact them before and they don't look really helpful, they just delay your decision
i dont have any of this
THANK YOU
Thanks!🎉
This is great❤
Can I get the blinkist freebie?
Does not help with my anxiety when the intro is 6 mins 40 secs long
Can’t believe how many people are complaining about this video. It’s an easy fix, guys. Fast forward. Not that hard. Don’t be a jerk.
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You waste 3 minutes on the beginning of the video
Daily anxieties are a natural part of life but don't amplify today's worries by adding tomorrow's to them. Focus on living one day at a time. As Matthew 6:34 says, "Never be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have its own anxieties."
Thank you for these videos
Video starts at 6:39 😅
Matthew 7:7
Indeed, it's informative.