Quotes About Coping

Why do I go there? Where's my, what do you call it, "ego-defense mechanism"?

Wenn ich so allein bin, siehst du, und mich an alles erinnere, das ist das Schlimme, daß man allein nicht darüber lachen kann, oder dann ist es nur so ein böses und bitteres Lachen, so daß man später über genau die gleichen Dinge doch wieder heult.

Wenn ich so allein bin, siehst du, und mich an alles erinnere, das ist das Schlimme, daß man allein nicht darüber lachen kann, oder dann ist es nur so ein böses und bitteres Lachen, so daß man später über genau die gleichen Dinge doch wieder heult (S. 173).

La ansiedad y el miedo son primos, pero no son idénticos. El miedo ve una amenaza. La ansiedad se la imagina.

If we sense we are victims of unseen, turbulent, random forces, we are troubled.

The reasons for depression are not so interesting as the way one handles it, simply to stay alive.

It is not so much trying to keep alive As trying to keep from blowing apart From inner explosions every day.

THE JOKE is on me. I filled this weekend with friends so that I would not go down into depression, not knowing that I should have turned the corner and be writing poems.

When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Upon reflection, I marvel that no one saw through me enough to bundle me off to the nearest mental institution. The fact that it didn't happen depended less on my being a good actress than the fact that I was surrounded, as I had been all my life, by strangers.

Grief works its way on people differently. Some sulk, or become morose, or weep and scream a vengeance at the gods.

I thought at the time that it was noble to bear the ills one had silently. But not so silently that others didn't know one was bearing them.

The laughter was sour and not really directed at white women. It was a traditional ruse that was used to shield the black vulnerability; we laughed to keep from crying.

The Black child must learn early to allow laughter to fill his mouth or the million small cruelties he encounters will congeal and clog his throat.

I gave in to sadness because I had no choice.

He explained when we were smaller that when things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide to not be reduced by them.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." —Maya Angelou

My attitude is born out of necessity. I've made mistakes. I've made decisions I regretted. I know what it's like to live with regret. I live with it everyday. But if I let it take over, I'd never get out of bed in the morning.

I understand that to be strong, your mind has to be strong and focused. It has to heal just like your body had to heal. The mind is a very peculiar thing. Your brain has a way of protecting itself and you from devastation

I mean it. Like, people always talk about how God doesn't ever give you more than you can handle, but I'm telling you right now, I cannot handle this. This is just too much!

I told them I wasn't crying. I told them my eyes were watering from all the marker fumes. And they seem to believe me. Too bad the only person I didn't seem able to fool anymore was myself.

I think at the end of the world a sense of humor would be important.