Self-Care and Coping

Fact Sheets on Self-Care and Coping:

• Coping with PTSD and Recommended Lifestyle Changes for PTSD Patients
  Describes both positive and negative ways of coping with PTSD symptoms and discusses lifestyle changes that can help.
  
• Managing Stress and Recovering from Trauma: Facts and Resources
  A brief guide to recognizing the symptoms of normal and abnormal responses to stress and traumatic events and advice on managing traumatic stress.
  
• Brief Tips about Self-Care and Self-Help Following Disasters
  Brief self-help guidelines and information on where to find help following a terrorist attack or disaster.
  
• Self-Care and Self-Help Following Disasters
  Reviews specific positve and negative coping strategies for traumatic stress and symptoms. Discusses self-care strategies and when to seek help.
  
• FAQs about Mass Violence/Disaster
  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about mass violence, disaster or terrorism including normal reactions, coping mechanisms, and how to help others and yourself.
  
• Cuidandose y Ayudandose asi mismo despues de un desastre
  Spanish version of Self-care following a disaster.
  
• Coping with Traumatic Stress Reactions
  Discusses active ways to cope with traumatic stress, listing behaviors that don't help and discussing behaviors that can help.
  
• Homecoming After Deployment: Dealing with Changes and Expectations
  Homecoming can be a joyful and also stressful time. This sheet reviews what reactions to expect of the service member, the spouse and children, as well as provides tips to help you have the best possible reunion.
  
• Receiving and Giving Help Following Natural Disasters:
  Information on how to receive or give help: links to contact missing loved ones, how to volunteer, where to donate or offer other assistance to disaster survivors.
  
• PTSD, Work, and Your Community
  Learn how PTSD might change things at work, in your community and about stigma.
  
• PTSD and Your Family
  Family support and how PTSD can impact your family.
  
• PTSD and Negative Coping
  Problematic ways of coping with PTSD that should be avoided.