Quotes about Coping

Depression, I've learned, is sometimes caused by anger that we keep locked up inside.

Feeling the pain is the first step toward healing the pain. The longer we avoid the feeling, the more we delay our healing. We can numb it, ignore it, or pretend it doesn't exist, but all those options lead to an eventual breakdown, not a breakthrough.

Why can't I seem to control my reactions? I stuff. I explode.

I tried to prop up what was left of me so I wouldn't collapse into the broken place inside. Good grades. Achievements and accolades. Fun friends and good times. Boys who made me feel special. I tried to steady myself with anything that helped me feel better.

it comes to my struggles with feeling unglued.

I can face things out of my control without acting out of control.

Given the right plan, everything in life can be managed... except your heart.

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

We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Laughter is a rescue.

It's a skill to navigate uncertainty.