Anxiety and worry are common sources of stress. Financial problems, health issues, family concerns, and a realm of other situations, can create an unhealthy amount of stress, when not addressed in a healthy manner.
A person may choose to cope with these types of situations in a variety of healthy or unhealthy ways. From denying the problem altogether, to attempting to run away or hide from the problem, an individuals unique set of coping skills can either increase of decrease the level of stress they experience.
Denial is a common form of coping that many people employ to deal with life issues. Typically denial is a coping skill used by people in situations which present an unbearable amount of stress.
This may happen in alcoholic families, domestic violence relationships, even in people facing severe illness or death. A person in denial simply says Everything is fine and Nothing is wrong.
Attempting to run away or hide from a stressful life event is evident in those who use drugs or alcohol to escape, as well as those who simply avoid the problem. The individual who works too much, or the teenager who stays away from home for days at a time, are...