Strategies for coping can be any means people employ to reduce the immediate intensity of a stress response.
Coping feels better.
It can be soothing, or it can be an intense release of emotion. It can calm the mind or work the body. Coping with stress is like a bandage placed on a bleeding knee after a nasty fall. It helps, but there is more to be done. The knee must be cleaned and kept protected while the body begins a real healing process.