Her few remaining friends admit that she's draining to be around. Those who know Mariela see her as wallowing in self-pity. They find her difficult to tolerate in large doses because of her ...

These people are addicted to their own sob stories. “People who wallow in self-pity want validation for their feelings, justification for their tears and sorrows, and generally require the ...

Don’t spend too much time wallowing in self-pity. Instead help others, as that will in turn help you. Join a club, sign up to do volunteer work and learn not to depend on others, but to ask for ...

The words awoke something in me. They freed me from my intense and all-consuming self-pity. He reminded me of the bigger picture—he helped me refrain what had become a sour experience.

We all can learn to adapt to survive. It's in our genes." Dugard said she doesn't "wallow in self-pity," contemplate the "'what ifs of life," or live in a state of rage when it comes to her captors. " ...

Next time you find yourself wallowing, try separating yourself from ... But it won’t stop me from avoiding the self-pity highway, and instead driving down the path of self-compassion.

self-pity. “As the mother of Laura and Donna Zaccaro, my candidacy had been well worth it, expanding their life options a thousandfold,” she writes. But she couldn’t imagine “the bigotry ...