So How...Do Coping Skills Work

Coping skills. My neurologist told me yesterday to take my migraine meds at the first sign (usually a pain behind my eye) of a migraine. Today, I was at a staff appreciation happy hour and started to feel bad. I left and took a pill and I feel much better now. The trade-off, though, was the I missed collecting the prize at the final secretary drawing for the week. I gave up the firm's prize which would have stoked my firm image to the better prize of no pain. I think I won that bet. It all goes to what is more important -- taking care of myself or taking care of my image.