Coping

• Depression can take root when essential needs—such as security, connection, and meaning—are unmet or innate resources are misused.

• Learning skills that can help people meet their essential needs can help alleviate depression.

• Developing tactics to handle negative thinking and all-or-nothing thinking can also help people feel happier and more fulfilled.

• Many people find it easier to praise others than to speak to themselves with kindness.

• One of the most difficult parts about negative self-talk is that the things people tell themselves are oftentimes true.

• Combating negative self-talk first requires becoming aware of it, both in oneself and others.

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• Setting and communicating boundaries can be a valuable skill in healthy relationships.

• Attachment styles sometimes inform the boundaries people set and how they set them.

• The goal of boundary-setting is to protect oneself and stay connected to others at the same time.

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• A fear of rejection can stop people from seeking out new connections and relationships.

• Challenging and reframing expectations can help overcome the fear of rejection.

• Being curious and leading with authenticity can help as well.

• Some scholars have linked the development of a true (or authentic) self to better mental health.

• Barriers to the development of a true self include peer pressure, family preferences, social norms, and cultural expectations.

• This can lead to a discrepancy between internal desires and lived reality, contributing to the development of a "false self."

• A "false self"—and the dysfunctional choices that may arise as a result—have been linked in research to poorer mental health.

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