Coping and Toxic Positivity

• Coping involves adjusting to unsual demands or stressors.
• Coping Mechanisms are strategies we use in the face of stress and/or trauma to help manage painful or difficult emotions.
• TYPES OF COPING MECHANISMS

  • Emotion Focused Coping Strategies - seek to adjust the emotions caused by a stressful event. This includes exercising, taking a bath, giving yourself a pep talk, and meditating.
  • Problem Solving Coping Strategies - Attempt to modify the environment or situation. This includes working on managing time, asking for support, establishi8ng healthy boundaries, and creating a to-do list.
• UNHEALTHY COPING MECHANISM

  • Worst - case scenarios
  • Repressing your own feelings
  • Isolating yourself
  • Romanticizing the past
• Toxic Positivity is the belief that no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, we should maintain a positive mindset.
• False Reassurance: A response to a threat that is intended to reassure the person that the threat is not serious.