Are you the type of person that makes distraction's so things won't seem so bad, or do you like to think things through to get a solution?

Someone I know is always distracting himself when something serious is happening. That way he doesn't have to think about it. He tells jokes, etc.
Me, I don't want to be distracted at all until I have thought everything through and come up with a solution.
Are you the type of person that makes distraction's so things won't seem so bad, or do you like to think things through to get a solution?
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