S4 E4: Coping Mechanisms We Do NOT Recommend

We all have coping mechanisms. Some of ours should come with a warning label and a locked cabinet.One phone call and life goes completely off the rails. Next thing you know, it’s Cheesecake Factory at 2 a.m. on a hospital floor, trying not to emotionally fall apart in public. This episode is about the month that wrecked our normal. Crystal’s mom has a major heart attack, everyone shows up thinking it’s goodbye, and then plot twist, she survives. So now we’re all just standing there like, “cool… what do we do with our feelings?”We break down coping mechanisms we do NOT recommend, like emotional eating, emotional gambling, and “just one drink” nights that turn into questionable life choices and missing receipts. We also get into the real stuff nobody warns you about, like life support decisions and elder care guilt while your brain is running on 2 percent battery.If you like messy life, dark humor, and laughing so you don’t cry in a hospital cafeteria, hit play.