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Is This You or Your Coping Mechanism?

Do you remember the term ‘coping mechanisms’? We used to hear this phrase often, usually when people were referring to our bad habits.  Like, smoking is a coping mechanism for stress. Avoiding conflict is a coping mechanism for people who don’t want to get involved. Denial is a popular coping mechanism for avoiding hurtful truths. Though the term ‘coping mechanism’ has sort of gone out of style, we still talk about the same phenomenon.  We…

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