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Coping Strategies

Welcome to the coping strategies archive. If you’ve clicked this tag, then you’re interested in quickly finding all the articles that are related to this topic. If so, then you’re in the right place.

Here you’ll find all the articles that have been tagged to be about coping strategies or to contain information about this topic.

Articles here may include personal accounts as well as tips and information on the subject.

Why Major Life Changes Can Feel Like Traumatic Loss

29 September 20251 October 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a woman removing her wedding banned to represent the topic of the article - Why Major Life Changes Can Feel Like Traumatic Loss

Reading Time: 11 minutesMajor life changes affect us all, but how hard they are to navigate varies due to many factors. This article explores some of those variables

Categories Advice, General, Mental Health, Research, SponsorsTags Anxiety, Coping Strategies, Depression, Self-Care, Stress, Trauma8 Comments

Fear Of Abandonment: How To Save Our Relationships

9 September 202510 September 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a woman in a wedding dress, abandoned in a run down building to represent the topic of the article - Fear Of Abandonment: How To Save Our Relationships

Reading Time: 14 minutesA fear of abandonment can come from a lot of places, but that fear of loss doesn’t have to imprison us. There are ways to overcome this fear

Categories Advice, General, Me, Mental HealthTags Abuse, Anxiety, BPD, Bullying, Coping Strategies, Racism, Relationships, Trauma, What is...5 Comments

When Fun Becomes Ruin: The Slippery Slope Of Gambling

7 July 20259 July 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a man opening his wallet to show that he's broke, to represent the topic of the article - When Fun Becomes Ruin: The Slippery Slope Of Gambling

Reading Time: 7 minutesGambling is an activity that a lot of people engage in, but just like with drugs and alcohol, gambling can become a problem, an addiction

Categories Advice, General, Mental Health, ResearchTags Addiction, Coping Strategies, Support, What is...5 Comments

When Questions Trigger You: Practical Coping Strategies

16 June 202525 June 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a desk covered in question marks to represent the topic of the article - When Questions Trigger You: Practical Coping Strategies

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen questions trigger you, some steps can be taken to help manage that situation and help avoid that happening again

Categories Advice, General, ResearchTags Anxiety, Coping Strategies, Trauma13 Comments

Normal Accident Theory: Why Do We Struggle To Accept Mistakes?

21 April 202511 June 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a Black man with a bleached Afro scrunching up paper after making a mistake to represent the topic of the article - Normal Accident Theory: Why Do We Struggle To Accept Mistakes?

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Normal Accident Theory was designed to explain how accidents can happen in complex systems, but guess what else is complex? Us

Categories Advice, General, Mental Health, Research, TheoryTags Coping Strategies, Self-Care, What is...6 Comments

Craving Control 101: What You Need to Know About Urge Surfing

17 April 202528 May 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a White man surfing to represent the topic of the article - Craving Control 101: What You Need to Know About Urge Surfing

Reading Time: 8 minutesCravings and urges can be a pain to manage, but they don’t have to be. Urge surfing is a simple mindfulness skill that can take back our control

Categories Advice, General, Learning Disabilities and Difficulties, Me, Mental Health, ResearchTags Addiction, Coping Strategies, What is...6 Comments

Micro-Tidying: The Easy Spring Clean Method For Our Well-being

17 April 202521 May 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a White man in a wheelchair and a White woman doing chores in the kitchen to represent the topic of the article -Micro-Tidying: The Easy Spring Clean Method For Our Well-being

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s that time of year when some of us might be thinking of spring cleaning and also dreading the idea. Enter micro-tidying

Categories Advice, General, ResearchTags Coping Strategies, Stress, What is...8 Comments

Managing Debt And Returning Your Quality Of Life

8 April 20257 May 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a black man pulling out loose change from their pocket to represent the topic of the article - Managing Debt And Returning Your Quality Of Life

Reading Time: 8 minutesIt’s easy to feel lost when it comes to managing our debt. So, before that can drastically affect our quality of life, we need to take action

Categories Advice, General, Mental Health, ResearchTags Coping Strategies, Debt, Depression, Relationships, Stress, What is...13 Comments

Ultimate Guide To Not Taking Things Personally (Finding Peace)

8 April 202530 April 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of two White people dress in white hold a peace sign made out of flowers to represent the topic of the article - Ultimate Guide To Not Taking Things Personally (Finding Peace)

Reading Time: 8 minutesMany of us may be taking things personally that should have never been perceived as such, and here’s why we do this and how to stop it

Categories Advice, General, Mental Health, ResearchTags Anxiety, BPD, Coping Strategies, Depression, Stress6 Comments

Inner Critic: How To Call Out Your Inner Critic And Take Control

7 April 202516 April 2025 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a White woman in distress with her head in her hands to represent the topic of the article - Inner Critic: How To Call Out Your Inner Critic And Take Control

Reading Time: 7 minutesNo one likes receiving criticism, yet we often allow our inner critic to gob off in our heads like it owns the place. Let’s end that

Categories Advice, General, Mental Health, ResearchTags Anxiety, Coping Strategies, Depression, What is...15 Comments
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