“Cope” is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as:

coped; coping

intransitive verb

1a : to deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties —often used with with- learning to cope with the demands of her schedule

“Out of sight, out of mind” is such a common coping mechanism, but the definition of “cope” begs the question, is putting things out sight, out of mind truly actual coping?

In my experience it’s not even close. Not thinking about the moments, no matter how big or small that had an impact on your life only allow those moments to fester and eventually explode into something far worse than if you had tried to work through those moments at the start.

We all want an easy fix, to not have to deal with certain experiences. But if you don’t tackle those uncomfortable experiences from the start you won’t know how to work your way out of the rabbit hole if and when you fall down again.

So I challenge you, and me to start facing those difficult situations we don’t want to deal with head on, to not put them out of sight, out of mind and let’s see how much stronger and happier we become.