Coping-Through the week

 This week has been very interesting. It helped me interact most with my readers. Some readers discussed their own coping strategies and others were intrigued at the nuances of the subject. Few more got intrigued by the science and others felt that it was an obvious and yet, still out there for most.

The reason I had dedicated this weekly issue to a topic like coping was just because of that. Even though coping is the only trick for survival, we still somehow, are not adequately equipped to handle stressful situations. Hence the need is to formally introduce this as a formal curriculum. That is exactly what my first blog was about where I tried to establish the reasons behind my thought process and set a stage on how I will proceed in the coming week

https://nupurdwivedipandey.blogspot.com/2020/09/coping-needs-no-introduction.html

My next blog covered talked about the need for children to learn coping and how schools can make it a part of their structure. I think I personally drew it from a lot of experiences, as a keen observer of human behaviour. The conversation at home and its impact on developing coping skills were what led me to write this piece.

https://nupurdwivedipandey.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-language-of-coping.html

It was fascinating to find that coping is a function of our upbringing, social and cultural background and definitely our governance. What makes some countries better at coping with distress while others scramble, is a question that is affected by years of the skirmish to survive and a belief system deeply engrained.

https://nupurdwivedipandey.blogspot.com/2020/09/coping-survival-mechanism.html

In this blog, I go on to explain the science behind coping. I spoke about changes in the brain and also coping mechanisms. The idea was to let readers know the anatomy behind psychology.  A study has also proven that stress decreases the size of the brain. Worrying right? But help is at our disposal and we use it all the time. Some techniques that we use are task-oriented, emotion-oriented and avoidance oriented.

https://nupurdwivedipandey.blogspot.com/2020/09/coping-synaptic-connection.html

I then moved on to explaining the role of neuroplasticity to help cope with stress. I also gave an example of my coping journey. The reason I did that was to explain to readers how common my coping struggles are and I was happy when I received feedback that many people identified with it.

https://nupurdwivedipandey.blogspot.com/2020/10/coping-rewiring-your-brain.html

My final blog was about coping during coronavirus and how different age group, within my house dealt with it. The reason I found that intriguing was all physical and social backup in that point in time were same, yet different age group reacted slightly differently. It helped me establish the uniqueness of coping techniques.

https://nupurdwivedipandey.blogspot.com/2020/10/coping-some-learning-from-pandemic.html

My son made me watch Avengers Endgame before I watched the prequel. I went on to watch the entire series later. I realized something very strongly. Avengers were not superheroes because of their powers, they were superheroes because they decided not to give up. They decided to cope and win their world back and we need to do that every day.

Be a superhero!

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