idk when it happened but for me the phrase 'coping mechanism' went from being a bad thing to a good thing
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knowing how to cope is good.
knowing what is bad about the mechanism is also good. Some coping mechanisms aren't even bad... it's just that many people don't call those coping anymore
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Coping mechanisms aren't good or bad. It depends on what they are, specifically, and how you use them. They can be skills or crutches
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It carries a connotation of "can't handle reality" but eventually you notice that not being able to "handle" reality is a totally appropriate reaction to any reasonable analysis of it.
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For me it was in 2018 when a friend told me: “for everything that happens to you short of dying, there is a coping mechanism “
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Coping mechanisms I would regard as good in the short term but also indicating some longer term work probably needs to be done
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