Quotes About Coping

There is nothing dishonorable about abandoning pain. Sometimes peace is most quickly found when a man simply stops avoiding it.

I guess my life hasn't always been happy, or easy, or exactly what I want. At a certain point, I just have to try not to think too much about certain things, or else they'll break my heart.

I'm very sensitive. It's always been something I'm very in tune with. I am very emotional. Sometimes to the point of where I just want to hide away, because I can't get a handle on myself.

When the whole world hurts, you bite it, don't you?

I'm still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel.

I used self-injury as a coping mechanism to help me overcome the emotional stress that I was incapable of dealing with in any other way. Self-injury was a means of escape, a way to relieve the numbness, and an expression of the pain within me. Something that the police wouldn't care about.

The only thing that will make us remain glued to being the victim is our failure to handle the emotions that we go through and the pain that overcomes us.

I had forgotten the fact that I had been raped, something no one would understand, how could anyone forget something as traumatic as being raped?

Boys don't cry very often, because it's so important to be tough. But sometimes their heart just starts aching; then they hide somewhere and let it all pour out, which helps—unless they're really frightened.

Most forms of rage, after all, are only sloppy cloaks for grief.

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Crying is not a sadness, because as the tears leave our eyes, some of the pain leaves, too, and we can go on living, and so feel more pain, yes, but some joy, as well. The line between sanity and madness may be only the ability to shed a few tears.

You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.

Everyone was broken inside. It was just that some were more broken than others, and when they were broken bad inside, it was all they could do to keep the outside looking normal.

I wear my emotions on my sleeve. If I keep that bottled up, it's not going to be good. It's all going to come out at some point in time. I would rather it come out in little bits and pieces than me try to hold it in.

My way of coping with the day to day news cycle, which can be a lot, following every undulation of the news, I think it's really psychologically harmful, so I check in, but I check in on a slower cycle. That's my way of controlling my emotional response to fairly dark times.

The combination of landing the biggest interview of my career and having a drill in my back reminds me that God only gives us what we can handle and that it helps to have a good sense of humor when we run smack into the absurdity of life.

I was so much smaller before I had MS so I really struggle day to day to look in the mirror. I don't feel I recognize myself because I've never been as big.

I'll be fine, and suddenly I'll feel the depression coming on. It can start with the smallest thing.

I developed my armour at prep school. I was the smallest guy in the school. I got bullied a lot. So I developed broad shoulders.

Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.

My natural reaction is to smile through things.

Even if I'm not having the best time in a social situation, I'll force a smile.

Even when times are tough, I learned to hide behind a smile.