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ORIGINAL: ProlificNeeds

How do you 'deal' with emotional issues? Do you ignore it until it stops mattering? Use a heavy blanket of forced normalacy to wash away the particularly upsetting or difficult situation? Or is there a way to really deal with emotional baggage, when the emotion seems to be a bit unrational?

I often wonder about 'normal' seeming people, are they just discreet with their dirty laundry, or do they infact just ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist?

How do you tend to deal with stressful or emotional situations or baggage you may be carrying? Confront them and get worked up, or just smoother them under daily routine until you forget about them?

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I lost my father on easter weekend, I found out on monday, and I spent monday night crying, I had to call in absent for my work shift that day. But next day, and all week I've forced myself to go to work and just not 'think about it' so I can continue a routine of normalacy.

I know I have a lot of issues with his death, primarily because there's a lot of regret and guilt about my lack of relationship with him, but I'll work through those in time. My real question is though, how do you 'cope'? Is it unnatural to just box it up and put it away for an indeterminate amount of time? Or do you just wallow in it and face it up front?

Everyone has been very sympathetic towards my loss, but they seem to think I am a bit strange for simply compartmentalizing this event and going on with day to day routine.