She hums a little as she thinks about it. "I mean, a hundred years ago? They had a hard time. Not people I knew, obviously, but people from this massive world wide war that happened. People kind of struggled to understand and relate, you know?"

God, it's cold. She's a wolf, she's built for it, but the human form is a little less resilient. She ignores it and holds it together.

"In Storybrooke it varies." In Storybrooke they don't have any war veterans from the world without magic, but they have a lot of people who've lived with a lot of awful, terrible things. She's not sure if any of them that she knows are dealing with something like what he's contending with, and she's not sure if making the comparison is awful somehow, but right now that point doesn't matter so much. Getting him away from the edge is what matters.

"Some people have hobbies. Something creative and kinda therapeutic. Like wood carving and carpentry, or something. Other people dedicate themselves to helping people. It can take a while, but baby steps. You just kind of keep taking small steps, and then one day you look up and realise you've come a long way. I mean, at first it can be rough, but it gets easier."

They get by okay, she means. Technically Regina seemed to waver and struggle and has to fight for everything, but Regina is kind of... An intense example.