"When I finally understood what was going on, I said: Let's do like animals: wait, sleep, and don't despair. If you observe animals-I was born in the countryside- when they are wounded they don't make a fuss. They go into a corner and they sleep and they wait to heal. Sleep, wait, and don't think and don't despair. It will change."

From Invisible by Hugues De Montalembert....a book about an artist who was attacked by thieves who threw paint thinner into his eyes, blinding him almost instantly. But, it still sounds like good advice to me.