The Easiest Way to Spot Cope: Fake Tradeoffs
One of the clearest ways cope shows up is through fake tradeoffs. When people act like two good things cannot exist together… That’s usually not truth. That’s cope. The Pattern: Turning “Both” Into “Either” Cope over-simplifies reality. It takes traits that can coexist and splits them into opposites. It turns: Both → Either Stack → …









