Talk:Coping

message: Is it agreed that suicide is when ones stress and problems outweigh the ability to cope with the stress and problems subjected to? Aminal (talk) 14:23, 8 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: These need to be dated, sorted, and signed. Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 07:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 05:38, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Revision as of 15:56, 16 May 2007

message: it is a bit unreasonable for me to believe that this article is as objective as possible. there is an immediate  between and womanhood. as far as unreasonablity is concerned, i find the numbers to be equal. it is too patriarchal to be taken seriously. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.30.206.52 (talk) 15:56, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  objective? 

message: The entire article is like a How-To-Cope article. I think it needs a re-write. --Ryan-McCulloch (talk) 02:01, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guide. 

message: Major revamp in progress - should end up a lot better. It is an important subject. --Penbat (talk) 14:12, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revamp 

message: The first bit says there are 3 main coping strategies: appraisal-focused, emotion-focused and problem-focused.  It then goes on to say that there are 2 main coping strategies, emotion-focused and problem-focused.  What happened to appraisal-focused? --Irrevenant [ talk ] 23:37, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of coping strategies? 

message: cope with your problems this is the sense  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aufels (talk • contribs) 13:32, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Be bold

message: This article gives Denial as a coping strategy, while other wiki articles say Denial is a defense mechanism.
This articles says that defense mechanisms are generally excluded from coping mechanisms. 
Is there a contradiction here?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kathon (talk • contribs) 21:15, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: While it can be seen as a contradiction, it mostly depends on the context denial is used in. For example, when dealing with grief, denial is seen as a coping strategy to help the person. However, when a person denies something they have done while in an argument it would be classified as a defense mechanism as they are trying to protect themselves in a way.Paigealexis6 (talk) 20:18, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Denial 

message: The final paragraph 'Physiological basis' states '...activates the sympathetic nervous system in the form of increased focus levels, adrenaline, and epinephrine.' I don't know much about psychology or biochemistry, but I know that adrenaline and epinephrine are the same thing and it looks suspiciously as though whoever wrote this paragraph was not an expert either. Probably the whole paragraph needs expert attention. NLG900 (talk) 13:14, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy in final paragraph 

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message: The person who wrote this article claims that meditation is emotion focused coping.  I can see where this person is coming from, but, clearly, this person has an exceptionally shallow perception of what meditation is.  From my understanding, proper meditation involves diving head first into one's thoughts and feelings.  It involves being mindful and being fully accepting of one's mental experience.  It is the total opposite of avoidance.  Despite whatever any new-age American health guru tells you about meditation, the goal of meditation is not to change or control one's emotional state (although this may end up happening anyways.)  The goal of meditation is not to feel subjectively less "stressed out", anxious, depressed, etc.  Instead, the goal of meditation is to be mindful of one's mental state (emotional state + cognitive state) and to gain insights into the inner workings of one's mind.  Through these insights, one can made engage with life using wisdom.  This is problem focused coping, specifically information seeking.  If one is using relaxation techniques to cope with stress, it must be emphasized that this is not meditation.  It irritates me very much how many misconceptions about meditation are so widespread within our culture.  I don't think I have the authority to change this Wikipedia article, but if somebody does, please do. The information I use for this edit can be found in the book, "Mindfulness in Plain English" - John Johnnmillerr (talk) 23:54, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: You should feel free to edit this Wikipedia article; anyone can edit Wikipedia as long as they follow the policies and guidelines. I completely agree that the statement "meditation is emotion focused coping" is an insultingly narrow view of meditation. It is just as mistaken and insulting (or "slanderous" as you put it) as the statement "religion is emotion focused coping". There is a lot more to meditation, and to religion, than coping. See, e.g.,  Religion and meditation are complex and diverse. Having said that, it is also true that some aspects of religion and meditation may sometimes function as emotion-focused coping for some persons. So I agree that the general statement "meditation is emotion focused coping" is wrong, but that's not exactly what Coping (psychology) says; what it currently says is: "Emotion-focused strategies may involve: releasing pent-up emotions, distracting oneself, managing hostile feelings, meditating, and using systematic relaxation techniques." I think this should be charitably interpreted in the narrow way that I just indicated (some aspects of meditation may sometimes function as emotion-focused coping for some persons) rather than in the broader way that you phrased as "meditation is emotion focused coping". Biogeographist (talk) 15:24, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slanderous mention of meditation 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Moved to Coping (closed by non-admin page mover) Danski454 (talk) 12:19, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Coping (psychology) → ? – This should use a natural disambiguator such as Coping skill or Coping strategy because natural disambigation is preferred over parenthetical disambiguation. Interstellarity T 🌟 20:30, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Therefore, perhaps just coping as the article title? --Comment by  Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 00:45, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
Hello everyone! I am a college student and am required to edit articles for class assignments. I have added more information to the appraisal-focused coping section because after doing research I felt a little more information on the subject was needed. I am still very new to Wikipedia sp please feel free to let me know if I made a mistake or what I can do to be a good editor. Thank you! Asherm4802 (talk) 16:44, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 26 June 2019 

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