117 Healthy Coping Skills

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Practice deep breathing- in through your nose, out through your mouth
Do a puzzle
Draw, paint or color
Listen to uplifting or inspirational music
Blow bubbles
Squeeze an ice cube tightly
Go to the library
Visit the animal shelter
Pet your cat or dog
Clean or organize a space
Make your bed
Play a game on the computer
Turn on all the lights
Sit in the sun and close your eyes
Throw rocks into the woods
Suck on a peppermint
Chew gum
Sip a cup of hot chocolate or tea
Compliment someone
Read
Listen to inspirational tapes
Practice a relaxation excercise
Jump up and down
Write yourself a nice note and carry it in your pocket
Play solataire
Do the dishes
Go for a brisk 10 minute walk
Dance to music
Call a friend
Invite a friend over
Organize your CD's
Write postive affirmations on note cards & decorate
Go outside and listen to nature
Rearrange your bedroom
Work in the garden or flower bed
Plant a flower in a pot
Sew, knit, crochet
Do yoga
Watch a funny or inspirational movie
Make a collage with pictures of your favorite things

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Make a collage showing a positive future

Journal
Write a poem
Paint your nails(not red or black)
Make a gratitude list
Scream into a pillow
Swim, run, jog, bike
Jump rope
Smell a flower & touch the petals
Play a musical instrument
Do a good deed
Shoot hoops
Sing your favorite song outloud
Count backwards from 500
Brush your hair 100x
Squeeze a stress ball
Use some good smelling lotion
Think of 3 food for every letter or the alphabet without skipping any
Write down how your feeling & why, read 1x & put it away
Visualization- close your eyes and imagine yourself in a beautiful place- how does it
smell, what do you see, what do your hear, what do you feel...
Write something positive about yourself for every letter of the alphabet- decorate it &
hang it where iyou will see it every day
Slowly eat one piece of your favorite candy
Write a letter to someone
Do extra credit homework
Volunteer
Offer to walk a neighbor's dog
Find a safe, quiet place to sit & stay there until you know you can be safe
Look at pictures in a nature magazine
Write a fairy tale
Draw a cheerful picture outside with sidewalk chalk
Pray
Recite the serenity prayer
Print your favorite Bible verse on a card & memorize it
Decorate your locker
Decorate your mirror with positive affirmations and your favorite photos
Do a crossword, seek & find, or sudoko puzzle
Visit an inspirational website (try www.values.com)
Write a thank you note to your best friend
Call a hotline
Put on your favorite outfit
Do your makeup
Read the comics

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Draw a cartoon
String a necklace
Make friendship bracelets & give one to someone who looks lonely
Slowly sip a glass of cold water
Go on a walk & take photos of flowers on a cellphone or digital camera- challenge
yourself to find 15 different kinds
Bite your pillow as hard as you can
Talk to a stuffed animal
Clean 1 room of your house
Ask a friend to meet you at the park
Wash & style your hair
Go to McDonalds & order a ice cream cone off the dollar menu
Wash & style your hair
Buy or check out a fun magazine & read it front-to-back
Window shop
Shred blank sheets of paper
Talk into a tape recorder
Play a board game with a friend or sibling
Throw a foam ball at an empty wall
Stare at a picture- notice all the details & create a story using those elements
Play hacky sack
Draw random designs & color them in
Turn your designs into cards
Go to the movies
Go to the mall & people watch
Write a list of compliments about a friend or teacher & give it to them
Make & decorate a foam or paper frame for your favorite photo
Write an inspirational quote on your mirror with an eyeliner pencil
Read a joke book
Pick out 5 of your favorite jokes & tell them to 3 friends
Play with silly putty or modeling clay
Make an inspirational banner for your room
Blog
Write poetry
Submit your best piece of poetry to this website
Think of 10 more coping skills to add to this list

Print this list- decorate it & hang it where you can see it. These are just suggestions- you may
find some that you really like or some that don't help at all! Try enough of them until you have a
list of at least 10-15 solid coping skills that you can turn to in times of crisis! Then do them even
if you don't want to! Stay safe!!
~Natasha

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