Today articles
Related Articles
The Power of Carefully Selected Coping Mechanisms in Life With Mental Illness
Reading now: 238
Carefully selected coping mechanisms can often be the only thing that helps you get through the day when you’re living with mental illness.
The methods used vary widely, from person to person and from disorder to disorder, but the intent is the same. An effective coping mechanism should keep you elevated above, but maybe not out of, the quagmire of emotions or thoughts that threaten to pull you down.
They give you a reason to smile, a distraction from the pain or just a way to put one foot in front of another. First, a few rules for coping mechanisms that I have found: 1. Don’t get discouraged if a coping mechanism doesn’t work for you. 2.
Read more on themighty.com
The website mental.guide is an aggregator of articles from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the article if you find it unreliable.
