Quotes About Coping

When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you watch a lot of Cartoon Network and drink mid-price Chardonnay at 11 in the morning.

When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them.

the only way to tolerate the thought of her mother sleeping with that man was to get drunk-very drunk.

After a tragic incident you never remain the same. You pick up the pieces and emerge as a stronger, better version of yourself.

Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

New clothes are a great way to deal after a breakup. A good mix CD also helps you get through it and... you know, 72 hours of ice cream.

Sometimes moving on takes effort. Sometimes moving on is harder than it looks.

moving on means we have to protect ourselves.

Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass?

I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the escape if you like.

I don't know if there is any specific way to handle emotional pain. Loved ones, music, and self-medicating seem to help me.

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

Nature has a way of deadening us to traumatic events, until we're ready to deal with it. And once you do, it's a volcanic reaction.

Faith is a natural evolutionary trait of the human mind, selected by Mother Nature as an internal coping-mechanism.

Most creatures run when they sense danger. People grab a six-pack and a folding chair.

I suspect each of us uses the past to prop up the bruised present. It's a clumsy try for the comfort of normality.

I need to work on developing a new, less irritable personality. though I suspect that an empty nest would be at least a partial cure, today I resorted to substance abuse.

The principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport one to an impossible state of happiness, but to help (the client) acquire steadfastness and patience in the face of suffering.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You can't find peace by avoiding life.