Learning the Basics: Coping Skills
Jan. 21st, 2019 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fuzzyredWelcome back to my journey through learning new skills! I've been a bit busy this week so I haven't done any concrete work on coping skills, but I did read the articles below.
99 coping skills
Coping ABCs
Article on Coping
Coping Categories
Even just at a brief glance, these were very helpful links from the lovelyysabetwordsmith. In praticular, I think the third link will be a lot of help. It describes coping methods in detail and has a lot of worksheets that I want to check out. I find it easier if I have a starting point or guidelines to work from, so this one is especially helpful for me. The chart of coping skills also looks very helpful.
I learned two main things while reading these links. One: I do have some coping skills already, though at a quick glance, they mostly seem to be of the distraction or emotional release variety. I am going to need to find some more diverse coping skills as well as do some work actually tackling the problem that is necessitating the coping skills. This is a work in progress and will hopefully go smoother once I have acquired a few new coping techniques. Two: I am going to need to take the time to sit down and sort through the coping skills, making a list of the things I want to try or that I think might work. I made good progress so far, by reading about things I can do to help myself. Now I need to move onto the action stage, and actually test things. Or at least make a list to test.
I am hoping I will have made some progress in this regard by next week, but as my sister's wedding is this Friday, I am aware that I might not have much time for self-work. I am still going to make an effort to put time in, but I also won't be too hard on myself if I don't get as much done as expected. Next weeks post will most likely be about my progress on Coping Skills, or about Basic Needs and Emotions.
(I am posting this an hour early because I will have a busy day tomorrow and I want to make sure it gets posted.)
99 coping skills
Coping ABCs
Article on Coping
Coping Categories
Even just at a brief glance, these were very helpful links from the lovely
ysabetwordsmith. In praticular, I think the third link will be a lot of help. It describes coping methods in detail and has a lot of worksheets that I want to check out. I find it easier if I have a starting point or guidelines to work from, so this one is especially helpful for me. The chart of coping skills also looks very helpful.I learned two main things while reading these links. One: I do have some coping skills already, though at a quick glance, they mostly seem to be of the distraction or emotional release variety. I am going to need to find some more diverse coping skills as well as do some work actually tackling the problem that is necessitating the coping skills. This is a work in progress and will hopefully go smoother once I have acquired a few new coping techniques. Two: I am going to need to take the time to sit down and sort through the coping skills, making a list of the things I want to try or that I think might work. I made good progress so far, by reading about things I can do to help myself. Now I need to move onto the action stage, and actually test things. Or at least make a list to test.
I am hoping I will have made some progress in this regard by next week, but as my sister's wedding is this Friday, I am aware that I might not have much time for self-work. I am still going to make an effort to put time in, but I also won't be too hard on myself if I don't get as much done as expected. Next weeks post will most likely be about my progress on Coping Skills, or about Basic Needs and Emotions.
(I am posting this an hour early because I will have a busy day tomorrow and I want to make sure it gets posted.)
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Date: 2019-01-23 02:08 am (UTC)You're not alone
Date: 2019-01-23 03:23 am (UTC)The best part is knowing people who know more about this than me. It means I have a starting place to improve because my bio family sucks at this at least as much as me.
I know avoidance isn't really healthy, but if you ever need a space to ditch the problems for a while, feel free to crash in my Nook, or send me a message.
*offers virtual hugs if they are wanted*
Re: You're not alone
Date: 2019-01-23 03:41 am (UTC)Re: You're not alone
Date: 2019-01-23 03:44 am (UTC)Virtual hugs are always fantastic! *Gives ALL the hugs!*