Negative Coping Mechanisms Quotes

There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.

I can be very self-destructive, but quietly.

So many means of self-destruction, so little time.

It's more like the inner workings of John Bender. He feels like he's been given a short shrift, he's not been provided the opportunities that maybe these other kids have. So he feels like he begins in a hole. And instead of trying to raise himself up, he wants to bring all of them down. That's a dynamic that's pretty universal. And so that was the real foothold on that. It wasn't like, "Oh, my high school experience is like John Bender's [in St. Elmo's Fire]."

Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.

I had plenty of vices growing up.

I have an addictive personality. Boarding school merely sent me more quickly on the downward spiral that dominated my childhood.

A guy who's actually self destructive is quite fun to play.

It's a universal experience to be compulsively doing something that's damaging your life.

I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.

Single parent situations drive poverty and often lead to unsupervised kids. Many boys growing up without fathers often feel angry and abandoned. Thus, they seek comfort in all the wrong places.