12-step group, taking with others who have an emotional clue, lifting, my cats, stopping and thinking before opening my mouth, daily inventory. Hell, sometimes even this site. Need to get back into meditation.

My copings very easy. Walk my dog, take a shower, give her a bath, lay in my bed, my dog curled up by my side, watching a movie, and falling asleep in the middle of it.

I have my dogs to walk and love the seasons and walking through the woods. The bird song and fresh smells walking in nature is my grounding mechanism and if i happen to see a deer that makes my day.

Does alcohol count?

I give myself an ample amount of me time, visual imagery meditation and being aware of my self talk.....oh. And sometimes masturbation...Wait that falls under my first coping skills listed. Nevermind

You have to teach yourself not to be afraid of being happy. The easy way is to flat line your emotions. ergo the not getting to close to others. Just remember everyone has trials and tribulations, many and varied. My great grand mother (born in 1887 and raised me) gave me the best advise when I was a morose teenager "you are only as mad as you want to be!"

I’m autistic and use lots of social scripts do get through the day. Most of the time they work, but neurotypical people sometimes catch me off guard and my scripts get jammed and then I have a mute episode. Other coping methods I use is spirituality via witchcraft.

Unfortunately my crisis response is smoking. The red mist descends and I light up.

Exercise, and my dogs. Of course, there have been times when either of those were the cause of stress. But, generally, those are what de-stress me the best.

In ear headphones heavy metal blasting whenever in public

I used to do escapism and still do when I want to sleep and not sleepy. In my youth I created rock bands and salsa bands... did album covers and titled songs in their albums... Drawings of them on stage... There may had been 20 bands. I was very creative. Maybe that is how I started writing songs. If that is the case I am very grateful, I still write songs. I tell you... you give me a pencil and a notebook and there was not a better toy in my childhood.

I have this unexplained need to make noise paper when I'm stressed. Not sure if it's because it keeps my brain busy or what but I've done it since I was a kid.

My memory SUCKS - I have a good, old-fashioned, paper calendar, without which I would surely be fired! And yeah, and I CAN'T survive a meeting without making to-do or to-buy lists....a compulsion.