#coping

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#because #confused #coping #feel #food

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #cell #cell phone #coping #difficulty

Sasha's green eyes were right up against yours, the lashes interlocking. "In Naples," she said, "there were kids who were just lost. You knew they were never going to get back to what they'd been, or have a normal life. And then there were other ones who you thought, maybe they will." ... You opened your eyes, which you hadn't realized were shut again. "what I'm saying is, We're the survivors," Sasha said. ... "Not everyone is. But we are. Okay? ↗

— Jennifer Egan

#living #survival #life

You never have to suffer because of, or be denatured by, another person, even someone you love. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#divorce #divorcing #love-pain #love-sadness #marriage

Pray that you are in the right place, at the right time, to meet the right person, that together you may help one another. ↗

— Don Polson

#helping #life #living #loving #love

If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side. You can go around it. You can dig under it. You can fly over it. You can blow it up. You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there. You can turn around and go back the way you came. Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#coping #difficulties #mountain #mountains #obstacle

What I have learned lately is that people deal with death in all sorts of ways. Some of us fight against it, doing everything we can to make it not true. Some of us lose our selves to grief. Some of us lose ourselves to anger. ↗

— Carrie Jones

#coping-with-death #death #fight #gone #grief

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#honesty #inspirational #lies #strength #truth