Crisis/Distress Coping Skills​

• Contacting a crisis line

• DBT Skills (Please see our own page on different DBT skills and activities for more information.) 

• Distracting yourself by going for a walk or trying an activity

• Grounding Techniques

• Talking to a friend (if you need, here is a blog post on how to talk to a friend about trauma.)

• Try different breathing exercises

• Using sensations (cold shower, snapping a rubber band against your skin, cuddling something soft)

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Long-term Coping Skills

• Accessing therapy (if you need, here is a blog post on tips for finding a therapist, and our page on different types of therapy)

• Finding a support group (online or in-person)

• Journaling 

• Reminding yourself that it wasn't your fault

• Writing letters to your child self

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Self-Care Ideas

• Bubble bath, face masks, or mani/pedis.

• Creating a Self Care Box that you can pull out as needed

• Drink herbal tea or a favourite drink of yours

• Going for a walk

• Reading a good book

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Coping Skill Ideas/Guides

• 99 Coping Skills

• 117 Coping Skills

• Anxiety Grounding Techniques

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Mental Health Apps (free & paid)

• ACT Coach (managing negative thoughts, tracking progress)

• AETAS (dealing with obsessive thoughts)

• Aware (mindfulness) 

• Booster Buddy (Coping skills, tracking progress, motivation)

• Breathe2relax (mindfulness, breathing techniques)

• Daylio (mood tracker)

• DBT Diary and Skills Coach (DBT therapy, tracking progress)

• Depression CBT Self Help Guide (coping skills, tracking progress)

• eMoods (bipolar disorder mood log)

• Fear Tools (anxiety and depression help)

• Happify (positive thinking)

• Hello Cruel World (Suicide prevention)

• How are you (mood log)

• Mindshift (Shifting thinking, coping skills)

• MoodTools (depression aid)

• Operation Reach Out (suicide prevention)

• PTSD Coach (stress reduction, coping skills)

• SAM (anxiety help)

• Step Away (drug and alcohol abuse)

• Vent (venting)

• What’s up? (grounding, self help, coping skills)

• Worry Watch (anxiety diary)

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This page is forever a work-in-progress as we discover new coping mechanisms to share.  If you have any suggestions, feel free to contact us.