Sand

Sometimes I am this ostrich.  I'm in a situation where for whatever reason I don't want to deal with the emotions of it. Whether I'm not in a safe space or I'm avoiding feeling something, I stick my head into the sand.

For me that looks like busying myself to forget about something. It usually happens when I'm feeling sad. Sadness is an emotion that I'm not completely comfortable with. I'm sure it's linked to my anxiety around begin cared for vs the one doing the caring. The story that I tell myself of being the strong one.  

There's also some element of my ambivert nature that is tied up in this at times. It's usually when I need some introvert charging time, but whatever I have on my plate means that I have people-heavy interactive situations cropping up. So I stick my head in the sand about what I'm really feeling and come back around to it later once I feel like I have time to cater to my inner introvert.