“It’s not the troubles we run into, it’s what we do about them which determines their net effect upon our lives”
–Nick Baylis
All About Coping Strategies
If you enjoyed last week’s post, 20 Defense Mechanisms That Can Screw Up Your Life, you’ll surely appreciate coping strategies that can come to your rescue.
In many ways, coping mechanisms and defense mechanisms are polar opposites. They are all ways that we attempt to deal with life’s difficulties, but defense mechanisms arise from our inability, unwillingness or failure to cope. Coping mechanisms, on the other hand, are head-on strategies for facing (and improving) reality.
One thing to keep in mind as you read the list of coping strategies below is that we all use them at times. However, you can improve your life by continually increasing the frequency with which you use positive coping skills instead of defense mechanisms to deal with stress, change and pain. [Read the full blog article →]
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