Quotes About Coping

No, no,' Phil Said. 'It's fine. I've never liked my left leg so much, anyways.

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two - a schism or a death, a fire or a mutiny, the loss of a home or the destruction of a tea set. The only solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.

It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, because you brush harder and do a better job.

Hacsak nem vagy varázslatosan szerencsés, akkor bizonyára történt már veled olyasmi az életben, amitÅ'l sírtál, és tudod azt is, hogy egy jó sírásban úgy megkönnyebbül a szív, ami akkor is elviselhetÅ'bbé teszi a dolgokat, ha azok egy szemernyit sem változtak.

So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. So

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two--a schism or a death, a fire or a mutiny, the loss of a home or the destruction of a tea set.

Mie? siebie nawzajem w zamÄ™cie nieszcz??liwego ?ycia to byÅ'o tak, jakby mie? ?aglówkÄ™ w zamÄ™cie huraganu.

you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.

If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!

It's not the load that breaks you down - it's the way you carry it!

Deep breathing helps when your heart falls out of your chest. I learned this from the

Crying is really great. Everything is always better afterwards, except when your best friend has died. Then you just cry some more.

When one's head is gone one doesn't weep over one's hair!

Keedwell cites a study of depression in the Netherlands that found that most people coped better with adversity after experiencing depression.

One of the most insidious and probably profoundly dangerous coping mechanisms that we have absolutely glommed on to as a culture is staying busy," she tells me. "And the whole unconscious idea behind it is 'If I stay busy enough, I will never know the truth of how absolutely pissed off I am, how resentful I am, how exhausted I am from juggling everything.

its healing powers, on a disappointed heart

But Elizabeth was not formed for ill-humour; and though every prospect of her own was destroyed for the evening, it could not dwell long on her spirits; and having told all her griefs to Charlotte Lucas, whom she had not seen for a week, she was soon able to make a voluntary transition to the oddities of her cousin, and to point him out to her particular notice. The first two dances, however, brought a return of distress; they were dances of mortification. Mr. Collins, awkward

It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.

As soon as they were gone, Elizabeth walked out to recover her spirits; or in other words, to dwell without interruption on those subjects that must deaden them more.

But I will endeavour to banish every painful thought, and think only of what will make me happy.

You discover something so awful, so life-changing, the only way you can cope is to jump straight into denial.

I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle, I found it too confining. It was just too needful; it expected me to be there for it all the time, and with all I have to do--I had to let something go.

The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.