Thunderbolts & Coping Mechanisms: When Life is Lifing Hard

Life is clearly demanding an episode. So, here we are.What do you do when life is lifing hard and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it? I asked my people what they do. The experts weighed in too — some of it genuinely helpful, some of it made me want to throw my phone. (Don’t worry, I get into it.) And my dad had a word for moments like these. Thunderbolts. His thoughts on it were pretty solid actually.Turns out we all cope differently. Some of us "stress clean". Some of us eat our feelings. Some of us pretend everything is fine. And then there are the ones who actually have a plan — prepared, ready for anything, practically scheduling stress into their lives. (You know who you are.) I wanted to take notes. I also felt inadequate.No judgment. Lord knows I don’t have it all figured out. But if I’m going through it, someone else probably is too. So here’s what I found — take it or leave it.Let’s see how this goes