Book Review: Coping Mechanism Of Tfios

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Teddy Miqui
Psych 242
Coping Mechanism of TFIOS

Often when people become stressed from either their personal or inter personal problems, they will try to cope with the issue at hand. Trying to cope with an issue usually means that one will change an aspect of their life to deal with a perceived stressor. Sometimes theses stressors can easily be dealt, but very often this is not the case. In everyday life things aren’t always in our control and the outcomes of certain situations can seem inevitable. When one tries to cope with this specific type of problem they are using emotion focused coping (Lec 10, Oct 8, 2015). When one tries emotion focused coping they are basically trying to distract themselves from the current issue at hand.
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He told hazel “I had to tell her she would die, so I told her she was going to heaven. She asked if I would be there, and I said that I would not, not yet. But eventually, she said, and I promised that yes, of course, very soon. And I told her that in the meantime we had great family up there that would take care of her. And she asked me when I would be there, and I told her soon. Twenty-two years ago”(TFIOS, 287). He had been waiting over 20 years to meet his daughter in Heaven and this is why he drank. He didn’t know how to deal with the pain, so instead of dealing with it he decided to drown it in alcohol. By doing this Peter Van Houten had developed another issue on top of his existing problem, and although he had Hazel there to hear him out this isn’t usually the case. This books shows how even though pain may be unbearable at time it isn’t healthy to just ignore it, one should deal with their pain or stress head on so eventually they be able to move on from it. Although it had taken about 20 years Van Houten dealt with his pain and was able accept his daughter

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