Quotes About Coping

No matter what mysteries we're facing, we still have to live our lives.

She thought the jimster (Jack Daniels) would cure whatever was wrong with her- whatever made her feel like she was in a hall of mirrors, watching herself go through the motions of having a riotous good time

It made me feel as if I was taking back some control over my life when everything else had been shaken up so frighteningly.

I can face things that are out of my control and not act out of control.

This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness.

To paraphrase the disappeared Jimmy Hoffa, who certainly didn't go down in history for his foolish worries: "Eighty-five percent of what you worry about won't ever come to pass. And you can always deal with that other fifteen percent." Of course, look what happened to Jimmy Hoffa.

The tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness. Since all of us have this tendency to a greater or lesser degree, all of us are mentally ill to a greater or lesser degree."- M. Scott Peck

You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard.

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

Thee onnlly wway ttoo ccope withh ssometthingg ddeadly sseriouss iss ttoo ttry ttoo trreatt itt a llittlle lligghtly.

What happens when you swear?" "Nothing. Sometimes it makes me feel better. Not often. Not unless I can really shout." "Oh. I thought maybe if I swore, God would strike me down." "No," Sunset answered sadly. "It doesn't work that way. It's too bad, isn't it. But sometimes it does help if you shout. Would you like to try it?

You've been angry all week, Simon, but you're taking it out on the wrong things. It's better to take it out on God. He can cope with all our angers. That's one thing my long span of chronology has taught me. If I take all my anger, if I take all my bitterness over the unfairness of this mortal life, and throw it all to God, he can take it all and transform it into love before he gives it back to me.

It's all right, Meg assured the Medium earnestly. Truly it is, Mrs. Medium, and we thank you very much. Are you sure? the Medium asked, brightening. Of course! It really helped me ever so much because it made me mad, and when I'm mad I don't have room to be scared.

Noel had decided that the very best way to cope with things not being so great was not to think about them at all. It had worked well so far. Why

One should always be defended against reality.

Being strong, bracing yourself against hurt, can get in the way of actual healing; the real work.

I began to cry but maintained my shouting through it, like a wind through sheets of rain.

It was as if an embankment had been swept away and I (Neel ) were floundering in a flood , trying not to drown in my grief.

If you have no more tears left to weep, then don't weep. Laugh.

Anxiety is depression's good friend, and sometimes they party together

Some of us are silent sufferers of a noisy disease.

I read to escape to a more interesting world, not to be locked up in a sweltering prison and find myself vicariously standing among people who are tortured beyond the limits of sanity.

Ahora sabes por qué razón es inútil llorar. Tus lágrimas no se llevan tus penas, sino que alimentan la alegría de otros. Por eso has de aprender a tragártelas.

No es que fuéramos unas desalmadas insensibles al dolor. Todas estábamos atemorizadas, todas teníamos que sobrellevar nuestras desgracias, pero desesperar era tanto como desear algo que ya estaba perdido o prolongar lo que ya era de por sí insoportable.