Quotes About Coping

There are lots of things, including changing the kind of inner dialog, that can mitigate anxiety. And yes, there are people who have the glass half full and glass half empty, and I'm afraid the glass is going to break and I'll cut myself on the shards.

I have OCD mixed with ADD; you try living with that.

Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour, it's the way people stay sane in their daily lives.

There's nothing wrong with crying and moaning, but you can do that for a minute and then you get on with it.

Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip.

It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.

When I am going through something monumental or difficult in my life it is hard to look at it as it is because it is too much.

I think what I want to learn more than anything... is that, I've got HIV and it's OK, like. That's what I want to learn more than anything.

I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of breaks, ever, on your own.

That year, the year after being in Motley Crue, was very difficult. But I learned, and I coped with it. And life is good still.

but he just slipped the pantyhose over his nose and breathed deep and let the magic do its work. It turned us into a platoon of believers. You don't dispute facts. But then, near the end of October, his girlfriend dumped him. It was a hard blow. Dobbins went quiet for a while, staring down at her letter, then after a time he took out the stockings and tied them around his neck as a comforter. 'No sweat,' he said. 'The magic doesn't go away.

They told stories about Ted Lavender's supply of tranquilizers, how the poor guy didn't feel a thing, how incredibly tranquil he was. There's a moral here, said Mitchell Sanders. They were waiting for Lavender's chopper, smoking the dead man's dope. The moral's pretty obvious, Sanders said, and winked. Stay away from drugs. No joke, they'll ruin your day every time. Cute, said Henry Dobbins. Mind blower, get it? Talk about wiggy. Nothing left, just blood and brains. They made themselves laugh.

They were afraid of dying but they were even more afraid to show it...they died so as not to die of embarrassment...they were too frightened to be cowards." (p 20-21 "TTTC")

And I learned that it's a bad idea to curse if you're in trouble, but a good idea to sing, if you can.

People left one another, and got left, every day. It was a terrible thing. But it happened and people survived, as they survived worse things.

We don't smoke for enjoyment. We smoke to proclaim our faith.

Functioning in the face of any injustice disfigures you. If it kills you or drives you crazy, you are disfigured, and if you can contain it and channel it and work around it, you are still disfigured.

He said that when you're locked up, smoking a cigarette is like having a friend.

wasn't crying. I've had a bad day. Another one. One in a series of bad days. I'm not complaining. Bad days are my bag. They're time-consuming, however, and I'm a busy girl.

But you said there was no defense. There ain't. Then what do I do? Know it, and go on out the yard. Go on.

Other people went crazy, why couldn't she? Other people's brains stopped, turned around and went on to something new...

Riley:)...I just wasn't up to coping with the whims and foibles of men right now. Chocolate, coffee and ice cream were far more reliable when it came to providing a good time, and at least they> would never disappoint me.

The only way I could seem to cope with this overwhelming longing was by perseverating about what I could have changed.

You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.