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Coping Mechanisms

The use of effective coping mechanism skills can often help improve mental and emotional well-being. People who are able to adjust to stressful or traumatic situations through productive coping mechanisms are less likely to experience anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns as a result of painful or challenging events.

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Coping Mechanisms

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  1. Coping Mechanism

  2. Difficult events, such as divorce, break up, the death of a loved one, or the loss of a job, embarrassing moment can cause most people to feel stressed out. When people are going through breakup they might avoid meeting friends. This may help them to feel better as it helps to avoid difficult emotions like feeling low and upsetting the person. However, as time passes by the same things that helped you cope with difficult emotions might make you feel lonely and left out.

  3. The way we deal with stress is called coping strategies and can be broadly categorized as “active” or “avoidant”. “Active” coping mechanisms usually involve an awareness of the stressor and conscious attempts to reduce stress. “Avoidant” coping mechanisms, on the other hand, are characterized by ignoring or otherwise avoiding the problem.

  4. Some coping methods, though they work for some time, are not effective for a long-term period. If we use ineffective coping strategies for a significant amount of time it could lead to feelings of anxiety and depression, panic attacks, often emotional breakdowns.

  5. The use of effective coping skills can often help improve mental and emotional well-being. People who are able to adjust to stressful or traumatic situations (and often to their lasting impact) through productive coping mechanisms may be less likely to experience anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns as a result of painful or challenging events.

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