I often have trouble using good coping mechanisms. I agree with what was said above, that for me I fear using good coping mechanisms will make people not understand how much pain I'm in and will assume I'm doing better than I am. I used to hide my pain a lot and when I would try to just talk about it people wouldn't take me seriously. Though even with bad coping mechanisms my pain often isn't taken seriously... But my psychologist and psychiatrist are great and never invalidating. My mother has also been better in recent years in understanding how sensitive I am and how I have difficulty implementing good coping mechanisms.