Are your coping mechanisms healthy? | Andrew Miki

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🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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What do you do when you're feeling stressed or anxious? Psychologist Andrew Miki explains how many of the coping mechanisms that help us feel better in the moment — like procrastinating, overusing our smartphones or endlessly scrolling social media — actually leave us feeling more depleted over time. He shows how you can break these habits in order to build up resilience and improve your self-confidence.

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1:22.0	The answer has to do with learned behaviors.
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