Sometimes it's tempting to just avoid thinking about stress, but there are better ways to cope. These behaviors are forms of avoidance coping. Here's more about what that means as well as how you can ...

"Avoidance coping" refers to choosing your behavior based on trying to avoid or escape particular thoughts or feelings. It can involve "doing" (e.g., someone who excessively washes their hands to try ...

Sometimes when we encounter challenging situations, it’s easier to avoid them than to face them. Some difficult emotions – like anxiety, fear, or worry – stick around or get worse because of this.

When one oversleeps, it is normally treated as an indication of laziness or inability to manage time. Mental health experts say that sometimes too much sleep acts as a coping mechanism, an unconscious ...

Those who have experienced the horrors of war see their lives clearly delineated between a “before” and an “after”. This singular ordeal does not, as is often believed, mean that it is impossible to ...