Hi Concepcion Coping

Some people may yell and fight, while other want to sit and cry. Many people use coping skills to deal with the stress. Coping skills are methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations. Obtaining and keeping good coping skills needs practice, therefore, using these coping skills will become easier over time. These coping skills can help toward good mental health

Stress affects people in different ways and what one person finds stressful can be normal to another. With each new situation a person will decide what

Throughout my life, I have been through harsh obstacles. With those obstacles, I have experienced stress, and I believe that I work well under stress.

All people experience stress in one form or another because it is a normal part of

Managing your stress properly will not only make you feel better, but it will help you handle tough situations with a clear head. Managing any issue with an overly emotional state of mind will not be of much benefit.

Effective coping is a key element that determines an individual’s ability to achieve resilience. Coping mechanisms are utilised by individuals to cope by improving the development and quality of resilience. Resilience is the ability to grow from experiencing hardship by embracing it and reframing it as a learning experience - to which the development of effective coping skills is imperative.

How well people cope depends on the number of factors such as health .People who are healthy are better able to deal with stressful situations. Further these factors play an important role in handling stress effectively namely positive attitude about ones abilities to resolve the situation, problem solving abilities –explore various options to find a solution, social skills and social support.

Chronic stress has become an epidemic; it affects almost everyone in the western societies. We are taught that stress is given and we just need to manage it and try to change those circumstances or “stressors” we can somehow influence. Everyone has their own coping mechanisms, for some it is exercise, for some alcohol, shopping, meditation, etc. We want to escape stressful thinking and everybody finds their own way. Unfortunately, although we might experience a temporary relief, something usually triggers the stress again. Relief can only be temporary because stress is not caused by the circumstances and thus fixing those or getting relief outside is not going to help. Overwhelm and stress is coming from our thinking. As long as we don’t see it, we are trying to fix the wrong target.

Stress, if not properly dealt with, can take a heavy toll on our health. Learning to deal with stressors can appear easier for some, than others. Life can seem like an uphill struggle for many, and depending how we cope with those struggles can mean the different to either a brighter future or a bleak existence. According to (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2013), people that are resilient can usually quickly respond to a traumatic or stressful event by acknowledging the event, then adapt to it and return to normal functions. I consider myself to be somewhat resilient, and fairly more resilient than my peers. I have been lauded on my resilience to work issues during annual performance appraisals and feedbacks with my supervisor.

Stress is one of the number one causes that contribute to people’s health problems. According to Weber.edu, “in Healthy People 2000, a report from the U.S.

A person that I know who handles stress more than any of us is Barack Obama because he has a country to protect he said that “Everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday. He also said that one of the causes to his stress is that if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, he know, his presidency is going off the rails. some ways he handles his stress by doing some morning exercise so he can have the ability to keep calm when he’s in a high-stress environment. Obama said that his family is what really keeps him grounded. He also says that the most important thing for him was keeping consistent time with his family. He also noted that when he have dinner with his teenage daughters he said that, “they'll keep you in your place

As Mahatma Gandhi said, "Man often becomes what he believes himself to be." Therefore, if you feel that you are a very stressed person or doomed to feel stressed out, then you will likely find ways to manifest that stress through your perception on life. In addition, you won 't even bother to learn how to deal with stress because you won 't believe you can.

This essay discusses coping, a complex process exercised by people to suppress, change, or eliminate stress or threat. This essay also discusses copers, that is, people who exhibit certain personality characteristics, known as distress resistant personality patterns, which can significantly influence whether they stay healthy or become ill. Also covered are coping strategies, -strategies people draw upon to solve life’s stressors, some

      Stress is an ongoing dilemma that occurs in each and everyone’s life. It is a factor that is undoubtedly a part of daily living. Due to the trivial problems that occur in people’s daily lives massive amounts of stress can arise. People perceive and manage stress in many different ways. The causes and effects of stress are numerous and one’s ability to manage stress is vital in maintaining healthy living.

Coping strategies refer to the specific efforts, both behavioral and psychological, that people employ to master, tolerate, reduce or minimize stressful events. There are two general coping strategies which have been distinguished. Problem-focused strategies are efforts to do something active to alleviate stressful circumstances, where as emotion-focused coping strategies involve efforts to regulate the emotional consequences of stressful or potentially stressful events. Typically, people use both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping in their stressful episodes, which suggests that both types of coping are useful for most stressful events (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980).