What are your coping strategies? By Nathalie Savell, LCPC
Do you have some good ones? If you're like a lot of my clients, you ebb and flow with implementing the healthy coping mechanisms you know about vs. falling into the traps of some of the unhealthy ones. As if a pandemic weren't enough tumultuousness, let's not forget that until very recently, we've also been at the mercy and whim of a fascist dictatorship, bringing out the worst in a very large group of people and wielding his power in such a dangerous way. The political activities that have happened are such extreme violation at so many levels, it's no wonder people are either disconnecting or feeling these events in a very personal way. Talk about a recipe for stress and resorting to our ways of dealing with things when they get hard. In come our friends - healthy coping skills! *cue the corny music* We need them right now! While it can be easy in light of things- with winter time and isolation- to turn to unhealthy coping skills such as over-eating, over-scro...