Knowing, he said, is "coping not copying".
"A large part of treatment," he said, "is coping mechanisms: ' What do I do when I'm found out?' " I spoke to a 14-year-old girl who was on a state's public registry.
He said he coped with the traffic by using his six-CD changer and cell phone, and a laptop computer plugged into the dashboard.
He said he coped "as badly as ever … I try very hard to thank my lucky stars and keep it in perspective and proportion, but it can be very tiring having a smiley face all day".
He said: "I cope with it better because I'm more used to it.
After that first layoff, he said he coped with intense feelings of depression.
But, unlike with past shooting sprees, he said that coping will include considering what Congress can do about the devastating violence.
He said he was coping with the lung-searing effects of altitude well before halftime, and Peyton Manning always seemed a fingertip beyond reach.
He said he was coping with the scars of a terrifying childhood in Roanoke, Va., where he grew up with a father who was an alcoholic who beat him and his mother; the father later committed suicide.
People with severe anxiety should ideally take an antidepressant as well as a benzodiazepine, he said, and learn coping mechanisms with cognitive behavioral therapy.
