coping – John Sapiro

“He’s a very sweet guy…and he’s deeply unhappy.”

May 14, 2020September 28, 2020Posted in moviesTagged coping, couple, depression, depressive disorder, Dual Diagnosis, illness, mental illness, movies, music, psychiatry, psychology, relationships, supportLeave a comment

Le feu follet (1963)

Bluer Than Blue

Perseverance

March 30, 2020September 28, 2020Posted in poetryTagged coping, depression, determination, illness, inspiration, life, literature, music, perseverance, photography, poems, poetry, psychologyLeave a comment

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Perseverance

When all the world is looming dark
And things seem not so clear,
When shadows seem to hover ’round
Lord, may I persevere.
When it seems everything’s been tried
And there’s no way to go,
Just let me keep remembering
Sometimes the journey’s slow.
I may just need to stop and rest
Along the path I trod,
A time to try to understand
And have my talk with God.
As I gain new strength to carry on
Without a doubt or fear,
Somehow I know things will be right,
And so, I persevere.

— Anne Stortz

Roll On Down The Highway

RESILIENCE ISN’T ALL by Richard E. Kravitz, MD

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020Posted in poetryTagged coping, depression, doctors, illness, inspiration, literature, medicine, mental illness, poems, poetry, psychiatry, psychology, supportLeave a comment

The heroism we recite

October 13, 2018September 30, 2020Posted in poetryTagged coping, coping skills, determination, holding on, illness, inspiration, life, literature, music, perseverance, photography, poems, poetry, psychologyLeave a comment

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We never know how high we are
Till we are called to rise;
And then, if we are true to plan,
Our statures touch the skies…

— Emily Dickinson

Part of the Plan

“In Time of Storm”

May 9, 2018October 4, 2020Posted in poetryTagged coping, determination, inspiration, life, literature, music, perseverance, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology1 Comment

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Brightness

and with good luck
we will reach the harbor
and black earth

We sailors have no will
in big blasts of wind,
hoping for dry land

and to sail
our cargo
floating about

Many
labors
until dry land

—Sappho, “In Time of Storm” (Tr. Barnstone)

Loomings

March 3, 2018March 3, 2018Posted in booksTagged calling, coping, identity, individuality, inspiration, literature, meaning, music, philosophy, photography, psychology, purpose, reading, writingLeave a comment

LSE Library, “Student in the library, 1981”

CHAPTER 1. Loomings.

Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul…then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

—Herman Melville, Moby Dick

“Keep Your Head Up” by Ben Howard

“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next”

January 23, 2017January 15, 2018Posted in inspirationTagged anxiety, coping, depression, endurance, inspiration, inspirational, life, music, perseverance, photos, quotations, quotes, womanLeave a comment

cf. Cincinnati Magazine, 1985

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

—Mignon McLaughlin

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