# Are your coping mechanisms healthy?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSurrey
- Speaker: Andrew Miki
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_miki_are_your_coping_mechanisms_healthy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What do you do when you're feeling stressed or anxious? Psychologist Andrew Miki explains how many of the coping mechanisms that help us feel better in the moment — like procrastinating, overusing our smartphones or endlessly scrolling social media — actually leave us feeling more depleted over time. He shows how you can break these habits in order to build up resilience and improve your self-confidence.

## Lectures

1. [Are your coping mechanisms healthy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/andrew_miki_are_your_coping_mechanisms_healthy/9ef803200549), 10 min (TED's player)