ADMIN: The Coping Mechanism Challenge

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elementalv suggested a "coping mechanism" challenge, noting that "Pegasus has to be a psychoanalyst's wet dream, and Team Atlantis probably goes through coping mechanisms like they were popcorn (with lots of butter and salt and a cold orange soda Coke to wash it down)."

While she provided a link to a whole huge list of coping mechanisms, all fabulous and potentially challenge-worthy, I thought it would be best to limit them to five: that way, we get the chance to someday do Coping Mechanism II: Electric Bugaloo with five different mechanisms, plus also we might get some 5 Things stories from some of you willing to take on all of them. *g*

So let's call our five coping mechanisms for this challenge: DENIAL, AVOIDANCE, REPRESSION, SUBSTITUTION, AND FANTASY.

DENIAL - refusing to acknowledge that an event has occurred.

AVOIDANCE - mentally or physically avoiding something that causes distress.

REPRESSION - subconsciously hiding uncomfortable thoughts.

SUBSTITUTION - replacing one thing with another.

FANTASY - escaping reality into a world of possibility.

You only have to do one of them, but feel free to use more or to write five stories on five themes, or to give five characters the five symptoms. Denial, meet Repression! Fantasy, meet Avoidance, etc.

It's May 2; the challenge will not close before May 16th at midnight.