{"id":43881,"date":"2021-07-26T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=43881"},"modified":"2021-08-02T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T20:21:53","slug":"maladaptive-coping-mechanisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/maladaptive-coping-mechanisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Maladaptive Coping Mechanisms: Why They&#8217;re Harmful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are maladaptive coping mechanisms? Why is this type of coping mechanism harmful?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maladaptive coping mechanisms are unhelpful responses to problems that can ultimately make the situation worse. If you understand maladaptive coping mechanisms, you can avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/negative-thinking-patterns\/\">negative thought patterns<\/a> and respond to problems in a healthier way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for more about maladaptive coping mechanisms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maladaptive Coping Mechanisms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A patient\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/cognitive-conceptualization\/\">cognitive conceptualization<\/a> shapes the patient\u2019s <strong>reaction<\/strong>, which is composed of <strong>emotional<\/strong>, <strong>physiological<\/strong>, and <strong>behavioral <\/strong>components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To cope with negative beliefs and a cognitive conceptualization, patients often use a variety of coping mechanisms. Generally, a coping mechanism is often an extreme implementation of a behavior, or an extreme absence of the behavior. Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A patient tries to be perfect, or, on the other end of the spectrum, tries to appear purposely incompetent<\/li><li>A patient seeks intimacy aggressively, or she avoids intimacy absolutely.<\/li><li>A patient tries to control situations, or she abdicates control.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With maladaptive coping mechanisms, the patient progressively worsens her situation, because the behavior causes further problems, which further worsens the patient\u2019s cognitive conceptualization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, the patient can be locked into a negative vicious cycle, where the patient\u2019s biased information-processing model <strong>reinforces negative beliefs<\/strong>. Reinforcement can happen when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The patient selectively pays attention to negative data.<\/li><li>The patient discounts positive data, even turning positive into negative data<ul><li>A patient may get an A on a test, then discount the grade with, \u201cThat test was too easy to mean anything.\u201d<\/li><li>A patient may get praise, then discount the praise with, \u201cI don\u2019t deserve it, my boss is wrong.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The patient may ignore positive or neutral data altogether.<ul><li>A patient who struggles at a task may not consider that other capable people have failed at the task, or that the task has poor instructions.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>negative vicious cycle <\/strong>works like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A stressful situation arises.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/negative-automatic-thoughts\/\">Automatic thoughts<\/a> arise that cause a maladaptive, self-defeating reaction (maladaptive coping mechanism.)&nbsp;<\/li><li>A negative outcome results, further strengthening patient\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/negative-core-beliefs\/\">negative core beliefs<\/a> and aggravating the automatic thoughts.<\/li><li>The patient also withdraws from situations that might lead to positive data.<\/li><li>All this is interpreted by the patient not as a mental disorder, but rather that something is wrong with the patient. This worsens dysphoria.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Importantly, <strong>maladaptive coping mechanisms may offer some short-term relief to the patient but be destructive over the long term<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For example, a patient feels anxious about taking a test. She stays in bed to calm her heart rate, but this causes her to arrive late to the test and get a poor grade. This aggravates her future anxieties.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are maladaptive coping mechanisms? Why is this type of coping mechanism harmful?&nbsp; Maladaptive coping mechanisms are unhelpful responses to problems that can ultimately make the situation worse. 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