Quotes About Coping

Because they could assess themselves, the Europeans were better equipped to cope with changes than we were.

It isn't easy to turn you back on the past. It isn't something you can decide to do just like that. It is something you have to arm yourself for, or grief will ambush and destroy you.

EmoÈ›ia care se arat? a fi suferin??, înceteaz? s? ne mai afecteze de îndat? ce ne form?m o imagine clar? È™i precis? asupra ei.

E cunoscut faptul c? umorul, mai mult decât orice alt atribut uman, înlesneÈ™te o anumit? detaÈ™are È™i permite individului s? se ridice deasupra circumstanÈ›elor, fie È™i numai pentru câteva momente.

De fiecare dat? când este aplicat? tehnica intenÈ›iei paradoxale, pacientul îÈ™i actualizeaz? capacitatea primar? de detaÈ™are de sine, fiind totodat? capabil s? pun? o distan?? între sine È™i nevroza de care sufer?.

As we see, the priority stays with creatively changing the situation that causes us to suffer. But the superiority goes to the "know-how to suffer," if need be.

Marius was of the temperament that sinks into grief and remains there; Cosette was of the sort that plunges in and comes out again.

It is chiefly at the moment when there is the greatest need for attaching them to the painful realities of life, that the threads of thought snap within the brain.

Those are exactly the kind of memories I try to avoid, but they're like abestos: invisible and deadly. You need special gear to get rid of them.

Grief is a sneaky thing, always coming and going like some guest you didn't invite and can't turn away. She wants this grief, although she'd never admit it. lately, it's the only thing that feels real.

For most of her life she'd been able to box up bad memories or disappointments and store them deep in the back of her mind, in a place so dark they couldn't be seen.

You know that food eases every trouble.' Angie found herself smiling. How many times in her life had she come home from school, devastated by some social slight, only to hear Mama say, Eat something. You'll feel better ... 'I've been through two divorces. Food so doesn't help. I tried to get her to put some tequila in the basket, but you know Mama.' She leaned closer. 'I have some Zoloft in my purse if you need it.

By the time this damn war's over, we'll have hundreds of thousands of severely traumatized soldiers trying to put the pieces of their lives back together.

But she knew that sometimes you grabbed hold of whatever you could to stay afloat. And maybe all that black was a shield, a way to say to people: 'don't talk to me, don't approach me, don't ask your ordinary, everyday questions when my world has exploded.

Vianne worried about her constantly, but there was nothing to be done about worry; it had to be borne.

I am like some wounded animal in a darkened lair, nursing the thorn in my paw, unable to find anyone to take it out.

Everyone broke—and held themselves together—in their own way.

So that was how they would do it, merge back into the driving lane after a blown tire. They would say ordinary things and pretend none of it had happened. Until the next time.

suddenly how hope could break you, how it was a shiny lure for the unwary. What happened to you if you hoped too hard for the best and got the worst? Was it better not to hope at all, to prepare? Wasn't that what her father's lesson always was? Prepare for the worst.

The first week without Jolene almost drove Michael into the ground. He'd had no idea how much there was to do around the house and with the kids.

We each survive our own way.

tried to keep smiling. Truc took the beer from her and stood there in the pale rectangle of light. The dogs were quiet beside

That was Jolene, cleaning up even when life was falling apart.

Era ca o usa ce se inchide; dupa ce s-a inchis si ramai singur in intuneric, ar trebui sa uiti cat de mult iti lipseste lumina.