Table 8.
Coping activities | Coping activities examples |
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Social coping activities | Stay connected with others to build a support network |
Share your feelings and thoughts with someone you trust | |
Participate in activities that bring you joy and fulfillment. Destressing with soothing activities, such as coloring and reading | |
Lifestyle-related coping activities | Avoid harmful substances that may negatively impact your mental health |
Eating healthy | |
Sleeping adequately | |
Personal and emotional activities for coping | Noticing tension and taking deep breaths to reduce it Catching negative thoughts and replacing them with healthy ones Setting and maintaining appropriate and healthy boundaries between you and others Finding things that make you grateful Creating little moments of joy each day Take two minutes to engage in mindfulness and appreciate the world around you |