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We are all familiar with our own coping strategies – they are the techniques we use to get us through whenever we are under stress or just having emotional problems and not coping very well. Unfortunately, the strategies that we use are often the wrong strategies; they can be ineffective strategies or, worse still, totally inappropriate strategies.

When the strategies we use don’t work or end up causing a bad outcome, doctors call these "maladaptive strategies". This means that we have adapted to a situation, but the adaptation is causing more trouble and was therefore a poor choice.

At these times we need to change or modify the strategies we are using. An excellent way to do this is to highlight the trigger points that motivate you best, write them down and review them on a regular basis. If you keep returning to them, you will often find something new and powerful enough to trigger a change in your attitude.

Here is a useful fact to remember:

It takes 3 weeks to break a habit
It takes 3 months to establish a new one
So persevere. Do not be discouraged.

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Best Wishes for Your Continued Success
Dr Leon