Monday DE: I don't have a good title, my braincells have all melted

[splash_of_blue]

I was going to shamelessly nick today's DE from something Eric discussed in crackchat last night, but then decided that a) it was maybe too depressing for a Monday, and b) it would probably suit Halloween week better.

So instead I've shamelessly nicked today's DE from something Debi and Amanda discussed in crackchat just now!

(God, I'm brilliant.)

SO!

What are your characters' coping mechanisms/strategies? And how actually helpful are they, or are they worse than the original problem?