Coping Mechanisms Quotes
"There are two kinds of pain in this world. The pain that hurts, the pain that alters."
"People cry not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long."
"You can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart to the things you don’t want to feel."
"The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to reconcile the claims and demands of all three."
"The scope of one’s personality is defined by the magnitude of that problem which is capable of driving a person out of his wits."
"Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity."
"Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real, but fear is a c"
"When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim."
"I'll cry at the end of the day, not with fresh makeup."
"I say if you're so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone"
"I've learned to slam my brakes on every time I'm going into a self-destructive moment."
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another"
"Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it"
"Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. "
"When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength"
"Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering."
"I’m on an emotional roller coaster every day regarding the state of everything"
"Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch "
"When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune"
"The only sadnesses that are dangerous and unhealthy are the ones that we carry around in public in order to drown them out with the noise."