“Hiding my pain and acting strong, afraid to cry and show my tears, I struggle with all this years later.” — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“A nightmare has taken hold of my body. Lunacy has dug its way inside my mind.” — Amanda Steele Copy Share Image
“When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says.” — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” — Susan Pease Banitt Copy Share Image
“Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.” — Stephanie S. Covington Copy Share Image
“The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us.” — James Garbarino Copy Share Image
“Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.” — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
I do think a lot of depictions of PTSD, sometimes in a movie, it feels like the scene where the character knows… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
“PTSD: It's the big game. You're wearing a helmet and pads. You make the big play and jump up into the crowd… — Peggy Randall-Martin Copy Share Image
“A wave of saudade swept over me as I realized home never existed at all. The concept of home felt far from… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
“The study of psychological trauma has repeatedly led into realms of the unthinkable and foundered on fundamental questions of belief.” — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“You've been so used to fighting Wars with a gun in your hand that you forget to put it down. Not every… — Lori Llewellyn Copy Share Image
“I guess whoever built and buried that IED out there in the desert will never know how far that blast traveled. But… — Lucy Christopher Copy Share Image
Most people may not realize the tremendous value that therapy/companion/comfort animals have for the purposes of easing the suffering of those with… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
“The open road. Seemingly my only friend for years upon end since leaving war. The road embraced me, let me breathe, and… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and… — Judith Spencer Copy Share Image
“The incident plaguing him on this very night, did not have any relation to the jungles, the killing fields, the faces of… — Jaime Allison Parker Copy Share Image
“There is a shock that comes so quickly and strikes so deep that the blow is internalized even before then skin feels… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Now I know, you can’t change what’s happened to you or hide it, or spin it, or get over it. All you… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“Unlike simple stress, trauma changes your view of your life and yourself. It shatters your most basic assumptions about yourself and your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue… — Danielle Bernock Copy Share Image
“Recently, a young Iraq veteran took issue with calling his combat anguish PTSD and, instead, poignantly referred to his pain and suffering… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“Cairo. An inter-services game of cricket was in progress in the lush grounds behind him as Powell made his way through the… — Mark Ellis Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33 Freyd: I see what you're saying but people in psychology don't have a uniform agreement… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Every painful memory you have which keeps recurring is simply your unconscious mind trying to protect you by reminding you of experiences… — Roger Roger Copy Share Image
“Early relational trauma results from the fact that we are often given more to experience in this life than we can bear… — Donald Kalsched Copy Share Image
It is as though some old part of yourself wakes up in you, terrified, useless in the life you have, its skills… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
“To say I woke up one day and reached a point where I no longer cared about the pains to befall me… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“...repeated trauma in childhood forms and deforms the personality. The child trapped in an abusive environment is faced with formidable tasks of… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Some dissociative parts of the personality, living in trauma time, may experience the same emotion no matter the situation, such as fear,… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“Changes in the Perception of Self: People who have been traumatized in childhood are often troubled by guilt, shame, and negative feelings… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
