Assignment 7.1: Coping with Stress

Choose a stressful event that has happened to you during a time in your life. After describing this event, answer the following questions: 

• What caused you to interpret the event as stressful? 
• What type of coping strategy did you use to reduce your stress in this situation? 
• Why was this coping strategy useful (or not useful) in reducing your stress? 
• What did the stress feel like? 
• How did they get through it?