Quotes About Coping

Tell me what you fear and I will tell you what has happened to you.

Mental health, contemporary psychiatrists tell us, consists of the ability to adapt to the inevitable stresses and misfortunes of life. It does not mean freedom from anxiety and depression, but only the ability to cope with these afflictions in a healthy way.

find it, I know you'll come back to me.' It's been 18 months since my husband was murdered and I've decided to finish writing The Flavours of Love, the cookbook he started before he died. Everyone thinks I'm coping so well without him –they have no idea what I've been hiding or what I do away from prying eyes. But now that my 14-year-old daughter has confessed something so devastating it could destroy our family

We've got to laugh or break our hearts in this damnable world.

Guns aren't lawful;Nooses give;Gas smells awful;You might as well live.

Résumé Razors pain you, Rivers are damp, Acids stain you, And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful, Nooses give, Gas smells awful. You might as well live.

Grief works better out loud.

There is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.

I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.

I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.

It is a mark of maturity to deal with the problem rather than suppress it

The angry people are those people who are most afraid.

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let is destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.

I be getting high just to balance out the lows.

How did I end up right here wit you after all the things that I been through. Its been one of those days you try and forget about take a shot and let it out.

Its been one of those days, you try and forget about. Take a shot and let it out.

When your life falls apart, you either grow, or you grow a tumor.

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.

Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life hands you hurricanes, you go surfing.

Food has always been my friend. When I wanted to feel better or had a crisis in my life, I opened the icebox.

The ability to find meaning in the most difficult times, I think, is one of the most important skills of life.

Not everyone gets a happily every after. Life is real and sometimes it's ugly and you just have to learn how to cope.

When you realize that life isn't fair, you don't act out, you don't get overly wasted, you don't get self-indulgent. You just move forward.