Coping Mechanisms

Mental Health Collaborative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating our community in mental health literacy. This video discusses the healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms we use to deal with life stresses.

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[marra]

Whenever I try to tell my family how stressed I am they say "there is nothing to be stressed about you just gotta believe in yourself". But the issue is that I have lost faith in myself and I feel like I am incapable of doing anything

[DarKNessx]

Some people have actual living, breathing, compassionate, empathetic and critically thinking humans in their lives. They are the fortunate ones. The rest of us are screwed.

[amytigresse]

Healthy Coping skills
.box breathing(breath 4sec/hold 4 sec)
.54321 (senses exercises)
.exercising
.taking a break from screens
.taking the problem out
.gratitude
.acts of kindness
.spend time with our family &friend

Unhealthy ways of dealing:
.social withdraw
.using our screens as distractions
.self harms

[taskmanager_]

My friends have been constantly making me feel like I'm a terrible person just because of the most smallest things so I'm glad that I now have a way to try and cope with it

[thetemplelaboratory]

It's important to notice how the people around you are coping with stress before you go around socializing with them.

I'm in the process of leaving my current group of friends behind so I can have time/energy for positive people with the mindset of self development to enter the picture.

[shyaaammeneen]

Nice video. To reduce stress and overthinking be careful what you feed your mind. Avoid comparing yourself with others, reduce watching negative social media and news channels and avoid constipation as it affects the mind. Your breathing is closely related to the brain [mind] and gives relief from stress-anxiety. For a relaxed mind observe the sensations of your natural incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for 10-15 minutes or more. You can sit or lay down--eyes closed--No deep breathing. Don’t fight your thoughts. Never meditate with expectations. Make it a lifetime habit to observe your breath day and night with eyes open or closed before sleep, at work, when travelling, taking a walk etc Best wishes--Counsellor.

[Lolboy-cwje]

Ironically enough, I'm really stressed because I need to make an essay about coping mechanisms due tomorrow.

[paciskylla]

Break from technology
Dance, cleaning, journaling

[binakokis]

I love this video. Very clear and true. This helped me a lot. Thank you so much :) 🙏

[M_Feitosa]

If only my therapists gave us actually useful tips like these, im sure they would lost all their clients

[John_crp]

Let's play the game of life with smiles on.

[taytech]

When you’re anxious about being anxious

[darrylclark]

This is the first time I ever looked up coping mechanisms. I have 4/5 bad coping mechanisms.

[andystitt]

Many coping mechanisms can be unhealthy if taken to the extreme.

[SSEL_RAEF]

even though self-harm is dangerous, I'm so tired of hearing "You need to get immediate help" and having that be the only tip. I wish people would give a list of alternatives to it, instead of just saying, "Oh, you self-harm? All I can do is refer you to somewhere else!" it makes me feel like I'm crazy.

[damson]

what if i just start purely doing acts of kindness? is that still considered a healthy coping mechanism? cus it feels like purely focusing on that is making me lose sense of self.

[kingmikez]

Watching this video as i decide I'm going to dedicate my life to medicine 😬

[legomark]

I can’t do the 2nd one in a testing environment

[Donald___]

Emotional alert: crucial information about refunds

[harutatsumi]

Me, who have used almost all unhealthy copy mechanisms for as long as I can remember: oh no ... I think it's time to go back to my psychologist and my psychiatrist (• ▽ •;)