# Positive and negative coping skills ## Positive - Count to ten slowly - Talk to a parent or sibling about your feeling - Remove yourself from the situation - Find something to distract you - Share my feelings with the other person - Try to have positive thoughts about the situation - Write your thoughts and feelings down in a journal ## Negative - Verbally hurt other people's feelings - Insult people - Throw objects, punch walls or slam door - Use bad words/cuss. Yell and scream - Use your body to hurt others - Make threats to scare others