Problems are a part and parcel of our lives. Some are big, some small, some affect us personally, some affect us professionally and so on. Problems aren't the problem at all. The real problem is dealing with them. Because not many people know the art of dealing with problems in their life.
To successfully deal with problems in your life, the trick lies in never avoiding them. If you are facing a problem and if you end up sweeping it under the rug, you are only delaying the inevitable and, at the same time, allowing that problem plenty of time to magnify and hurt you even more. Problems in life are a reality and there should be no, under any case, running away from life's realities howsoever bad, unpleasant or inconvenient they may be.
What you should therefore do is to try to see your problems clearly and allow them the scrutiny of your perspective. Once you do that, you will soon come to a realization that the problems themselves have not much substance in most cases and that they are fleeting in nature. You will also realize that their power lies solely in the fact that you avoid them. Because the minute you give them your attention, they are going to be either resolved or dissolved.