Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.
Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.
Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.
Music in general, but really musical theater has always been a real coping mechanism for me.
I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.
I have an unusual hobby: I collect pictures of people I don't know. It started when I was a kid growing up in South Florida, the land of junk stores, garage sales, and flea markets, as a kind of coping mechanism.
Me with nothing left to lose, plotting my big revenge in the spotlight. Give me violent revenge fantasies as a coping mechanism.
My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor.
The idea of evil is always subject to denial as a coping mechanism.
Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.
I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism.
That was my earliest maladaptive coping mechanism I forged when I was a kid. I found that my fists weren't going to do any significant protective work for me, so my mouth was it. Making my father laugh was a way to control him.
Food became my coping mechanism and I've never been able to break that cycle.
Music was my coping mechanism. I could place myself outside my body. It humbles you.
My mom's coping mechanism was to be strong and resilient. She is very compassionate and nonjudgmental.
Popular religion is a coping mechanism for the anxieties of a dysfunctional social and economic environment.