There are many different strategies that we use when dealing with our issues. In this article, we’ll take a look at three broad psychological coping strategies that we might employ to handle our problems. These defenses usually serve to momentarily solve an issue, but often at a cost.

Our beliefs about ourselves and the world can have a lot of influence over our actions. Some beliefs may be helpful and drive us to...

Stark (1994) defines illusions as unrealistically positive views of reality. Within relationships, it may refer to the idea that people are