Virginia Satir Quotes

I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.

I try not to get depressed about stuff I can't do anything about.

When you can't cope with change, you feel overwhelmed, and you look for a simple solution.

Walk away from it until you're stronger, All your problems will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able to cope.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.

A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.

There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.

If you have a problem, try to get help, you can get through it if you get help.

I try to cope with everything through humor.

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.

Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.

Everybody handles pressure differently.

I tend to deal with most issues with humor... always have and always will.

You do learn how to cope from those who are coping.

You're not always happy with things that go on in life on a daily basis. There's nothing I can do. You've got to deal with it and still take care of myself.

I'm learning what triggers me. What to stay away from. What I do like and what I don't like. To me, I've learned so much about myself that now I'm a stronger person. But I still deal with anxiety. Anxiety doesn't go away.

Support systems and support groups are so important because that's what makes you stronger.

We're lousy at recognizing when our normal coping mechanisms aren't working. Our response is usually to do it five times more, instead of thinking, maybe it's time to try something new.

With anxiety and depression, what's been most helpful to me has been learning a toolbox - a set of skills I can use when I'm in periods of low mood or feel an anxiety attack coming on. When Years & Years took off it felt like I needed that toolbox really quickly.

What I work hardest at is just trying to not let things get me crazy.

There's only two choices when life goes wrong. You deal with it, or you check out, and, like 90% of people, I go for the former.

You have to be enough of a parent - you have to be there. If I'm feeling bad, I really do just have to get on with it and try and channel it back into my work somehow, do something positive with it.