Why Coping Skills Are Just a Band-Aid
An Audiobook Chapter Eighteen, "Why Coping Skills Are Just a Band-Aid.
No matter how many times she begs Dr. Tanner to put her on a mood stabilizer he still refuses because he is scared she will have another reaction like she had to the Lamictal which should have been caught in time. Everyone just keeps playing the same old recording and telling her to use her coping skills. But here's why coping skills are just a Band-Aid, they cover up the issue for a little bit, but the underlying problems are still left to fester and infect your insides like a virus or bacteria.
Destiny can't get rid of that underlying discomfort, no matter how many coping skills she tries until one day she is in her room when The Bad Man and The Storyteller start up with their little games, and the next thing she knows she's flat on the ground in a restraint.
When Aliza pulls her out of class and Destiny attempts to explain what the voices did to her Alize gets a funny look in her eye and tells her if she can't come up with a better plan to deal with the voices, then she can't go on her next scheduled home visit,.
To find out if Destiny can come up with a plan Aliza approves or not you will have to purchase this audiobook.
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