Moving from non-adaptive to adaptive coping styles
If you truly want to improve your life (even through adversity) then it’s time to change the way you think.
by: E.B. Johnson
In life, we have to be able to roll with the punches and pick ourselves back up. There’s no such thing as a smooth ride. Life is filled with difficulties. We have to adapt and re-adapt, both the way we think and the way we approach our lives and relationships. That’s because we humans are capable of significant growth. And that’s a powerful thing. Increase your emotional and mental resilience by moving from a non-adaptive way of coping and thinking to a more adaptive way of existing.
What is adaptive thinking vs. non-adaptive thinking?
Generally, there are 2 types of thinking that we allow ourselves to fall into. And these two subtypes of thinking (adaptive and non-adaptive) affect everything from the way we relate to others to the way we face hardship. Those with more rigid or non-adaptive thinking can find that they face challenges with a maladaptive coping style. They can struggle to control stress and struggle to make sense of their own role within the chaos of it all.
Those with these maladaptive coping styles can go one of…
