Quotes About Coping

He only drinks when he gets depressed, ' said Carrot. 'Why does he get depressed?' 'Sometimes it's because he hasn't had a drink.

I never said you had to like it. You have to accept it. No regret."-Clare Harding.

Did I miss the denial, anger, and bargaining phases, or did you leap straight to depression?

I'm quite certain that if I lost my sense of humor, it would most definitely need to be replaced by a padded cell.

Chocolate cured just about everything, but being a crocodile's chew-toy was on a whole other level.

Humor is just another defense against theuniverse.

A dialysis patient's life is hard. Laugh harder.

I'm not bipolar, I've just had a bipolar life foisted upon me.

When all else fails...try smoking a good cigar and have a stiff drink. If that doesn't work...have another.

I'm fine, considering I can't walk anymore, " Pam replied, a sarcastic edge in her voice. "You look like your bringing news. What is it this time, I'm blind?

I've accepted the fact I have mental illness but when my imaginary friends start calling me crazy that's where I draw the line

First things first, though, I thought, and headed straight for the liquor cabinet. Times like this call for straight scotch, no rocks.

I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart.

When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.

Independence was a big, big thing for me. I saw my voice as a way out - when my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape.

Keep your problems to yourself, if its too much for you, kill it slowly till it disappears from your life.

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

Me with nothing left to lose, plotting my big revenge in the spotlight. Give me violent revenge fantasies as a coping mechanism.

Survivors can't always choose their methods.

People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.