If all you have is a hammer, in either mental or physical skill, then you are severely limited in how you can solve problems. There are many ways to steer yourself out of a situation with varied skill sets and techniques but once you introduce a hammer there is only one way out. What you bring to it is what is reacted to so think about what your skills truly are. If you only have a hammer then all things will be hard. Assess yourself and develop more tools.