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one should communicate with people and seek new activities. By
following these simple strategies, one will have an easier time
responding to stresses in their lives.
Negative techniques (maladaptive coping or non-coping)
While adaptive coping methods improve functioning, a maladaptive
coping technique will just reduce symptoms while maintaining and
strengthening the disorder. Maladaptive techniques are more effective
in the short term rather than long term coping process.
Examples of maladaptive behavior strategies include: dissociation,
sensitization, safety behaviors, anxious avoidance, and escape
(including self-medication).
These coping strategies interfere with the person's ability to unlearn, or
break apart, the paired association between the situation and the
associated anxiety symptoms. These are maladaptive strategies as they
serve to maintain the disorder.
Dissociation is the inability of the mind to separate and
compartmentalize thoughts, memories, and emotions. This is often
associated with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
Sensitization is when a person seeks to learn about, rehearse, and/or
anticipate fearful events in a protective effort to prevent these events
from occurring in the first place.
Safety behaviors are demonstrated wh V