Coping Mechanism
coping mechanism is a psychological strategy people use to block their consciousness from accepting the truth when accepting the truth would be too traumatic. Failing to accept the truth leaves a gap in the person's mind, so the person fills that gap with a coping mechanism.
Two common coping mechanisms are sour grapes, and denial of facts.
FACEandLMS defines coping as investing conscious effort to interpret positively a hardship in order to master, manage, and tolerate the stress or conflict said hardship provokes. It's a mentality wherein the person seeks to
bluepill himself in order to protect himself from a harsh
red pill realization. That realization may be that a situation is worse than one is telling oneself or that an ongoing situation has no real resolution.