Positive Coping Strategies
- Coping means being able to deal with problems and troubles encountered in life.
- Effective coping skills can help you ease the emotional stress you feel when dealing with life’s difficulties.
- Learning and practicing basic coping skills greatly contributes to maintaining a healthy attitude, and an understanding of life’s ups and downs.
Coping with Stress | Stressor | Solution |
Information overload:
- The number and size of class assignments.
- Your workload.
- Your exams.
- Your assignment due dates.
| Re-evaluate your time management plan:
- Consider reducing your course load.
- Form a study group for support and assistance.
- Speak with your instructor about your curriculum.
- Use your college or university support services.
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- A mismatch of your instructor’s teaching method and your learning style.
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- Stress carriers (peers who are also stressed).
| - Find more supportive and positive friends.
- Seek counselling services.
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Self-doubt due to:
- High expectations of yourself.
- Family pressures.
- Concerns about your career choices.
- Class presentations.
- Low exam grades.
- Academic competition.
| - Do practice tests.
- Avoid cramming.
- Take a stress management course.
- Seek counselling services.
- Use your college or university tutoring services.
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- A mismatch of your instructor’s teaching method and your learning style.
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- Stress carriers (peers who are also stressed).
| - Find more supportive and positive friends.
- Seek counselling services.
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Interpersonal relationships:
- Family responsibilities/conflicts.
- Love decisions.
- Social pressures.
- Sexual pressures/fears.
- Religious conflicts.
- Job conflicts.
| - Seek counselling services.
- Talk with family and friends.
- Examine your values and priorities.
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Intrapersonal challenges:
- Social anonymity.
- Loneliness.
- Depression.
- Anxiety.
| - Seek counseling services.
- Attend campus activities.
- Join student organizations.
- Volunteer your services.
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| - Investigate campus loans, grants and scholarships.
- Share expenses.
- Cut your current expenses.
- Seek additional employment.
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Remember: You can always get support from the disability services Office.
