In order to avoid thinking about any problems, my life has become a constant stream of entertainment. When I wake up, the TV goes on, and I sign online. Either one or the other entertains me until I go to class. I talk on the phone in the car, so that I don't have to think there. I also talk on the phone when I walk the dog. I have come to LOATHE showers (although I do still take them), because I can't find anything to entertain me in the bathroom. 
This... is not healthy. It's avoidance, and it really needs to stop. 
Anyway, it has been really helpful for me to at least have figured out that I have this unhealthy coping mechanism. 
So has anyone else identified an unhealthy coping mechanism? How did you overcome it?’ 

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