I have no advice because I no good coping mechanisms myself. The best place to get coping mechanisms is from your therapist.
I do a lot of things to distract myself--crafts, reading, painting, drawing, organizing--sort of mindless things. You could try some of that.
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"School is shortened, discipline relaxed, philosophies, histories, languages dropped, English and spelling gradually gradually neglected, finally almost completely ignored. Life is immediate, the job counts, pleasure lies all about after work. Why learn anything save pressing buttons, pulling switches, fitting nuts and bolts?" Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 p 55-56
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