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1000001 COPING STRATEGIES & DISTRACTIONS
Hey! So @j95 and I came up with a cool idea to have the longest list of coping mechanisms EVER.
Use this list when you're feeling down as a way to get through the day or night!
Help us add to it by giving us ONE SUGGESTION PER POST 🙂
My first coping mechanism suggestion is:
- SNUGGLING YOUR DOGS FOR 5 MINUTES. (Cos dogs are the best)
lanejanePosted 13-07-2015 09:26 PM
SailorEPosted 17-07-2015 05:50 PM
28. Oragami - side benefit of having cool, things to give to your friends
lanejanePosted 15-07-2015 09:00 PM
24. Do your homework.
(Boring right? But sometimes doing my homework distracts me from other problems in my life... like stuff at work! And then afterwards I feel better because i've got something annoying out the way and feel like i've achieved something)
cat12345Posted 14-07-2015 07:34 PM
15. Buy & then learn how to play the ukulele (they're only $30 and very easy to learn)
scared01Posted 07-11-2018 07:12 PM
making a scrapbook is alwasy a good distraction and longer term project
scared01Posted 07-11-2018 07:12 PM
something that i found helpful and to be a good distraction is to make up like a mind map on a coloured board for when things are tough. first i wrote down the things that actually helped me when i was low/upset/ suicidual/ etc on another piece of paper for some ideas and then i drew some smaller pictures or coloured some in. Found some jewels and pretty much made it like a project by adding things to the board and decorating it as i seen fit.
. on another board, i made up other things i could try out as well, so things that i dont normally do to cope but some things that might help.
it doesnt have to be on a board though it could just be on an A4 Piece of paper, some coloured pens and whatever else you might like to decorate with....
. on another board, i made up other things i could try out as well, so things that i dont normally do to cope but some things that might help.
it doesnt have to be on a board though it could just be on an A4 Piece of paper, some coloured pens and whatever else you might like to decorate with....
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