Do you have a favorite childhood blanket? or maybe you bite your nails. Or maybe you cant fall asleep with out a sleep aid or the TV on the back ground. All these are ways to self sooth.  But what more can you do? What is the difference between soothing and coping? How can you use both of these to have better mental health?  In this episode we discus what to do when you feel the urge to escape through an unhealthy coping skill.   Learn how you can start to ask your self what is the real need you are trying to meet and what tools you have at your disposal.