Feeling Helpless
Feeling helpless and being helpless are two different things and the answer was never going to be in any number of coping mechanisms, whether they were healthy or not. but they're never the be-all and end-all of a life, of everything.
The Dog and The Doctor
When she dumped him, he lost his personal coping mechanism, and since they had been dating for so long, he's now having to fight his personal battles on his own, which is difficult for him since he had forgotten how to fight them, alone.
Mr. Brunell
Things hadn't been all that easy for her after dad died but, then again, she spent all her time focusing on me i think it was some kind of coping mechanism.
Oh, College: the Pent-Up Gender Bender/Blender
mechanism that will either make you laugh until it hurts or deeply disturb you, and lots upon lots of weird shit!!!
The Artist Murders
It may have an extreme case of one's coping mechanism; only this one was pushed over the edge." "from what i heard the captain passed away three weeks after the murders and the house of the massacre was turned into a museum.
Dog Boy - Chapter 2
Was it because of social stress from last night getting to my brain, and focusing on panting like a dog had reaffixed itself as a coping mechanism in my mind? panting like a dog. smelling things like a dog. it was not normal.
Through the Ups and Downs of Aspen Husky's Life
I soon found myself doing it every night every word was another cut on to my body it was my coping mechanism, it made me feel good it was so amazing to me i made a necklace with it and would hide it under my shirt and knowing i had it right there would make
Half Way Home
She believed it was part of her coping mechanisms that she developed to deal with the environment in which the eagle had grown up. this apartment was more to a point of ocd than a simple coping mechanism.
BOVINE PARENTS (Ch. 4)
Evidently, he retained part of his dirty sense of humour during this time, a coping mechanism to maintain his sanity no doubt. two points of white-hot pain at the sides of his skull signalled the formation of his horns.
[Teaser] The Cowboy Way
His father seemed to have fixed on determined exercise as one of his coping mechanisms for losing his son for so long, and what was wrong with that? it was a far safer option than other addictions he might have gone for, after all.
The Infinite: 6/11/2023
And yes...it was and is my coping mechanism...because... the real world also just fucking sucks. hah...copium...yes yes inhale the smoke. hehe.
Cats Next Door
Paul tried to add some humor as a coping mechanism but it didn't work. "we did agree we would do this tonight while your parents were gone for a biking trip."