Are coping strategies that help you protect yourself from difficult feelings.

Also known as: DEFENSE MECHANISMS: Coping strategies that help you protect yourself from difficult feelings. Sometimes coping strategies can protect you from painful events, but if overused, they can stunt emotional growth.

Air goes past the epiglottis and into the trachea when you breathe in. from there, it goes to your vocal cords in the larynx until it reaches the bronchi. from the bronchi, air passes into each lung.