Hmm, coping huh...I've a multi-faceted opinion on this. I do several things after all. First...don't take everything too seriously. Laugh at yourself, even a "bad" incident can sometimes be funny, given the right context after all...then again, maybe you have to be a little twisted for that.(As an example I once said "I will laugh if the house floods..." and thereafter there was a flood in the house...and although I spent most of the day cleaning up water I thought it was hilarious.) There are also many thoughts or sayings which can give you perspective, often perspective will help. Like saying "no matter how bad it is for you, there is someone who is worse off.". This is usually true, but it gives you perspective, it makes you think...if that person who is worse off than me can do something like that, then surely I can get through this moment.

Other than that, I think I broke somewhere along the line. I don't give myself a choice in matters. I only give myself the option of going forward, if I get depressed, I just have to give myself a slap and get moving again, part of that is maybe because of events that have happened to me, I feel I have to keep moving also for the sake of others as well as myself. The main thing is though, if you don't go forward, nothing will change...so if you're in a bad situation, and you don't like it...you have to change it, nobody will do it for you. You might get help sure, but you have to change it yourself in whatever way you can, whether its working harder, being cheerful as you can, helping others to smile. Just do as much as you can do. I usually say that if you can change a situation, then you have no reason to worry about it...and if you can't change it, then you also have no reason to worry about it. Just do what you can at all times.

People tend to get themselves into depressed states and then sort of...wallow in it...hard to get out of it, like waking up in a really soft bed, because indeed, it is easier to just lay there than to get up and do something about it. I was depressed at one stage in my life until I thought "Enough, screw this stupid feeling..."...and I forced myself to just move on...to "get up".
Uh, yes, apologies for the small essay.

If its TL biggrin R...then...
Wake up dude, you're still alive.