Top 50 Coping Skills List

By Inspiware Staff Writer

Boston, MA | Updated 30 Mar, 2021

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Coping skills are essential techniques to combat many emotional issues in life and at work. Whether combating anger, anxiety, and depression, practicing one of the top 50 coping skills will help set your emotions aside for the moment and refocus your mind on something more positive and distracting.

The scenarios at work can be: You are frustrated with your colleague. Angry at your boss. You are stuck in a rut with regards to creating that important presentation. The project you are a part of is failing. You are down after a tough customer call. In these circumstances, when you are angry, sad, fearful, anxious, or stressed, it may be a good idea to take a break and use one coping technique from the list.

The top 50 coping skills here are just a start. You can easily modify one of the tasks or imagine something new. For example, a coping skill like “Cook a Meal” could easily include “Bake a Cake.” Or think about something new that is not in this list like, “Go to a Concert” which obviously is a coping mechanism, but if it is a commercial band it could be expensive.

Adopting a few coping skills and practicing them will help you break the morass of being stuck in your emotions. These coping strategies will become second nature. Of course, to break the monotony and sameness of a particular coping technique, you may want to try something new. For example, if you have done tidying up your closet a few times, maybe its time to pick up some other coping activity that sustains your interest — for example, painting a mural on a basement wall.

The list of top 50 coping skills is in alphabetical order and not in terms of importance. So, please browse through the coping techniques list and then pick something that works for you.

Of course, if you have issues that require clinical intervention, these coping skills may not be enough. Please consult your doctor or a licensed therapist or a licensed hotline immediately in case you need professional help.