In an emergency situations, we are able to bury our emotions in the hidden mind so that we could deal with it effectively. Once the bad event is over, he brings up the emotions from the hidden mind, breaks down and expresses them out by talking, crying, sobbing, etc. Many heroes you read about in newspapers coped with sudden crises like this.
Driving on an interstate highway, a young man came across a pile of wrecked cars involved in a terrifying chain accident. He saw several bodies strewn around. His initial reaction was one of fear and horror. However, he buried instantly his emotions in his hidden mind and calmed himself down. He pulled over his car on to the shoulder, calmly called the state troopers on his cellular phone, methodically went about saving lives. He kept himself busy reassuring the injured and giving them first aid. He experienced no stress symptoms while he was doing all this. When interviewed by a television reporter, he said he was no hero, and that he had merely done what he had to do. After he went home, he broke down and let go of his emotions without any inhibition.
Of course, for one to be able to do this feat, his hidden mind (soda bottle) must be fairly empty. That is, he has not abused this burying mechanism to the point there is no room left there for him to bury anymore. If the hidden mind does not have space in it to bury, one could then get hysterical at the very sight of the accident or go into emotional shock resulting in his passing out in terror.
People who stuff their painful emotions in the hidden mind under crisis can suffer from post traumatic stress disorder if they do not get these emotions out immediately after the crisis is over. So, many war veterans suffer from this condition for that reason. In this condition, minor triggering events cause buried emotions to resurface (fizz up) resulting horrible nightmares, flashbacks, panic attacks, depression.
In summary, normal coping means one is able to get rid of painful emotions from the mind by being aware of them and by expressing them out (thus shrinking the balloon); by skillfully solving problems (turning off the pump) ; by canceling out painful emotions through various mechanisms (further shrinking the balloon); and, in an extreme crisis, by temporarily burying them into the hidden mind and expressing them out immediately after the emergency is over. A shrunken balloon is the best balloon.