PHYSICAL COPING: Using Coping Skills to get through Tough Times

Developing and Practicing My Positive Coping Plan I have a hard time when the following situation happens:

When that situation happens, I’m probably going to think these negative thoughts:

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These thoughts will make me feel:

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When I feel that way, I tend to do the following (behavior/reaction):

PHYSICAL COPING: Using Coping Skills to get through Tough Times

My plan is to use the following coping skills as soon as I start to have negative thoughts or start to feel

upset:

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REFLECTION (Complete this section after you experience the difficult situation):

By using coping skills, and instead of doing what I normally do (behavior), I was able to:

As a result, I felt:

___ Better

___ Worse

___ No different