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Saprea Support Groups > Group Materials >Coping Skills—Part 2
Group Activity
Reflecting on Your Coping Strategies
An important step in healing from trauma is looking at the ways we cope with day-to-day challenges and asking ourselves if those coping strategies are more helpful or more harmful to our well-being in the long run. This activity provides you with more time to consider some of your current coping strategies by answering the questions presented in the video.
As you reflect on these questions, try to view your answers through a lens of compassion, curiosity, and non-judgment, reminding yourself that you are doing the best you can with the tools, experiences, and support you have. Remember that you are not judging or criticizing yourself for whatever coping strategies you’ve employed during times of distress. Rather, you are applying Acknowledgement by compassionately recognizing the coping strategies in your life that are beneficial to your healing as well as the coping strategies in your life that may no longer be needed (and are perhaps even creating further stress and disruption).
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Next, take a few minutes to reflect on this habit or activity by answering the following questions:
- Does this cause me additional stress?
- Do I feel better after engaging in this activity?
- Does it help in the short-term but not in the long-term?
- Is it disruptive to my daily activities?
- Do I base decisions around being able to do this activity?
- Does it affect my relationships in a negative way?
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Grounding Exercise
Self-Kindness Meditation
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Practicing Acknowledgement
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