Quotes About Coping

the words I can't say are the holes I punch in the walls of my psyche...

I retreat into my fictional world where everything makes sense - but even there I can't even control what people do...

People who are abused keep quiet," he said, "so I did.

A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood.

return to the grim business of living.

Dealing with a lion every now and again makes you better at dealing with lions. Allowing your life to surmount occasional challenges is inoculation—almost literally—against future stress. This brings us back to a central point in this book: variety. Remember, we argued from

There's certainly nothing wrong with taking medicine, but if you can achieve the same results through exercise, you build confidence in your own ability to cope.

The way you choose to cope with stress can change not only how you feel, but also how it transforms the brain. If you react passively or if there is simply no way out, stress can become damaging.

It was a difficult day. Disorienting. What is it they say? Death, divorce, and moving are the three most stressful events for your heart. And your psyche, too, I'll wager.

El miedo puede provocar todo tipo de comportamiento inusual

Por qué resulta tan difícil comprender lo poderosa que es la capacidad de negación que tenemos todos? ¡Nunca queremos creer lo peor!

When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.

Whatever gets you through the night is all right.

here." "You'll get over it.

Le temps mauvais passe quand on mange et s'amuse—Bad times pass when one eats and is merry. On ne fait pas comme on veut, mais comme on peut—One doesn't do what one wants, but what one can. La moitié du monde se moque de l'autre moitié—Half the world laughs at the other half.

Everyone keeps telling me that I shouldn't feel guilty—but it doesn't seem to help much. What you feel is what you feel.

As C.S. Lewis observed in The Silver Chair, one book in the Chronicles of Narnia series: "Crying is all right in its own way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

sadness is nothing a little Veuve Clicquot can't fix.

everyone has her baggage and her sad stories. What differentiates people is how they choose to deal with them.

I think the best way to deal with grief is to just keep going. To keep living your life, even though it's different now.

You know what they say about hitting yourself over the head with a hammer, she would tell Mamie. It feels good when you stop.

she might understand that everyone has her baggage and her sad stories. What differentiates people is how they choose to deal with

she's on brand even when she's having a breakdown.

Flight or fight? What kind of pathetically damaged animal decides on...neither?