The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: coping

  • Coping Mechanisms

    We are all a product of our past. The way we cope with things in the present is greatly influenced by what we’ve experienced in our lives. Our psyches do not always know best. All they know is that it’s important to survive, and if something has worked, however twisted it may be, then, hey,…

  • The Best Book You’ve Never Read

    No, this is NOT a cheap attempt to get you to buy my book, although I’d love it if you would. Actually, I do manage to raise my gaze from my navel every now and again to read the writing of others. That’s how I came across this rare treat. The Scottish Buddhist Cookbook is…

  • On Being a Hot Mess

    A Canadian friend of mine (waving hello to Sim) was telling me of his various health issues, and I replied, “You’re a hot mess!” Every once in a while my Southern comes out of my mouth. I can’t help it. He had never heard the phrase before, and had to look it up. (Which charmed…

  • It’s Not the Situation, but How You Cope With It.

    A friend recently posted this on Facebook: I had never really thought of this! But it’s true. A potato definitely copes with boiling water differently than an egg does. This is the case with many things: The sun will melt ice but harden clay. If you drop a turtle into a pond it will swim…

  • Sneaky Grief

    I really thought I was doing fine. I had stopped the daily crying thing. I’d go longer and longer periods without thinking about him. I’d even look heavenward and do some joking quips now and then, and smile. The outside observer would assume I was coping well. I was doing all the things I needed…

  • Lightning Strikes and Other Unforeseen Events

    The other day I was lying in bed, in the desperate pursuit of ever-elusive sleep (which is the life story of every graveyard shift worker on the face of the earth), when BOOM!!!! Lightning struck the house, and I instantly had two very terrified dogs on top of me. I went without internet for three…