Most patients with sleep problems adopt maladaptive coping strategies – such as taking sleep aids, using caffeine, and taking daytime naps – that may actually contribute to decreased sleep ...

Facing tough situations is an inevitable part of life, but how we handle them can make a huge difference in our mental ...

More information: Rhonda Winegar, Maladaptive coping mechanisms of sleep, The Nurse Practitioner (2022). DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000819624.10897.33 Provided by Wolters Kluwer Health ...

The solution is not just resilience training or time off. It’s a shift in how we define health, leadership and productivity.

However, experts say "being too nice" is a maladaptive coping mechanism with serious repercussions. Since he was 8 years old, Mikah Jones felt like everyone's on-call therapist .

Importantly, not all coping mechanisms are good – or adaptive. Many are maladaptive. For example, the development of a drinking problem is a classic example of a maladaptive coping mechanism.

These maladaptive coping strategies affected sleep quality in several ways. Patients who did not use sleep aids entered the critical rapid eye movement (REM) phase of sleep faster than those ...