Quotes About Coping

Yo he decidido afrontar la vida del modo que lo he hecho siempre: tal como vienen y en medida que puedo sentirla

Anche dopo aver sofferto, dopo avere versato lacrime come sangue, cariche di dolore, non provavamo alcun sollievo. Semplicemente sopportavamo, fingendo che tutto andasse bene.

I learned that sadness does not sink a person; it is the energy a person spends trying to avoid sadness that does that.

Watching them ride the waves of their own dark emotions, I learned that sadness does not sink a person; it is the energy a person spends trying to avoid sadness that does that.

they had talked about bad things happening to good people. Joyce hadn't accepted it then, any more than she was accepting it now.

When you lose the most precious thing in your life, how do you go on? How do you not?

There s only one way to deal with misery...I say Avoid it

As long as I kept moving, my grief streamed out behind me like a swimmer's long hair in water. I knew the weight was there but it didn't touch me. Only when I stopped did the slick, dark stuff of it come floating around my face, catching my arms and throat till I began to drown. So I just didn't stop.

and you and I are on our own. No magic wand is gonna fix things." I didn't want to believe that, so I pushed those words away so I wouldn't have to think about them. Then I said, "Did

washed my hair in the bathroom of the Texaco gas station that very morning. And I pretended like my daddy hadn't just waltzed off and left us with nothing but three rolls of quarters and a mayonnaise jar full of wadded-up dollar

Yes, life has to go on, and I suppose a cup of tea does make it seem to be doing that more than anything.

We all fight sorrow as if it would harm us. The opposite is true. Sorrow can heal us. Letting your heart break can be good for you.

it's not what happens to you, but how you handle what happens that makes a difference.

I just need a second to collect myself. Just a —listen to me!— —fucking ruined my life!— Just a second.

Most of us just go on, the walking wounded, dealing with our lives.

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.

Those confiding their pain cannot know at the outset how much they will be required to relive it.

Cómo puedo sentirme tan miserable, turbada, humillada, apaleada, y hablar todavía, funcionar, sonreír y, concentrarme?

I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.

Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget.

I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK to have all the sadness.

My great frustration is that, more and more, my memories come and go, and friends all my life are not recognized. Many of the things I say and do, I can no longer remember even right afterwards.

In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it.

I never thought there would be a day when I would have to handle things without my father.