“Refugees are not a monolith. Each journey is unique. Some arrive with dreams and aspirations; others carry the heavy burdens of trauma… — Hagir Elsheikh Copy Share Image
Every single one of us will have our life interrupted, whether it's by the ripcord of a diagnosis or some other kind… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
The trauma of the Sixties persuaded me that my generation's egalitarianism was a sentimental error. I now see the hierarchical as both… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
'Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Every hour that goes by with family separation policies in effect is another hour that mothers weep thinking of their children, another… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
I would have liked to be on the streets of Manhattan during 9/11. My working theory is that people are much kinder… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
“Those who have had contacts with extraterrestrials also report having strong allergic reactions. Indeed, trauma (usually in childhood) seems to be a… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
“Veterans being sent into unjust wars for corporate profit is a perversion of trust, at best. I found the emotional manipulation of… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
“I no longer seek those things that help me to heal but for those things that fortify me with the strength required… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“Lacan wrote about two levels of speaking, one in which we know what we are saying (even when struggling with something difficult… — Annie Rogers Copy Share Image
“Fear and anxiety affect decision making in the direction of more caution and risk aversion... Traumatized individuals pay more attention to cues… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“In Kant’s description, ethical duty functions like a foreign traumatic intruder that from the outside disturbs the subject’s homeostatic balance, its unbearable… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“Kaffman (2009) described childhood victimization as a "silent epidemic", and Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, and Hamby (2010) reported that children are the most… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
“Not knowing trauma or experiencing or remembering it in a dissociative way is not a passive shutdown of perception or of memory.… — Dori Laub Copy Share Image
“HYPERAROUSAL After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
pacifists lead a lonely life. Not even gathering together can take the place of that vast, warm sun of approval that is… — Josephine Winslow Johnson Copy Share Image
“There comes a time when something changes you... No matter the impact... Where the world no longer beats in time with you.… — Solange nicole Copy Share Image
The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
“I was a sponge filled to capacity with the putrid gray water of all of those who had hurt me. I wondered… — Elle Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Everyone around me was allowed, permitted to fall apart; yet I had to think twice. I couldn't bear to take another dip… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
We're painting the same people all our life - it's just the way we look at them that changes. If you experience… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
When tragedy strikes, no one is fully prepared to deal effectively with all the responsibilitie s, emotional trauma, and grief that begin… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Some people's lives seem to flow in a narrative; mine had many stops and starts. That's what trauma does. It interrupts the… — Jessica Stern Copy Share Image
As a doctor, I was aware that when children go through severe trauma, they shouldn't see their parents completely disintegrate because subconsciously,… — Jennifer Ashton Copy Share Image
“trauma produces actual physiological changes, including a recalibration of the brain’s alarm system, an increase in stress hormone activity, and alterations in… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
We've all known how to smile since the beginning of time. We've all gotten married since the beginning of time. We've all… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
The first reaction to trauma is denial, then comes anger and finally, acceptance. I think the US is still between denial and… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
Its true. Im a simple person. Some people tend to live from trauma to trauma, and that energizes them. I have a… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
“I didn't want you to see her like that," and I feel the old anger: I already had seen her like that.… — Sarah Perry Copy Share Image
“The disturbing part is that no one teaches us how to deal with death at any point during our medical training, or… — DEAN MAFAKO, M.D Copy Share Image
Long before I ever got incarcerated, I should've been able to access services that help me deal with the grief and the… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
“Without realizing it, I fought to keep my two worlds separated. Without ever knowing why, I made sure, whenever possible that nothing… — Marilyn Van Derbur Copy Share Image
Aleta St. James is an internationally renowned energy healer, life coach, best selling author, and more. Aleta does private sessions to release… — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
The act of riding a bicycle isn't causing brain trauma. Yeah, you could fall, but that's if something goes wrong. Everything could… — Chris Borland Copy Share Image
By the time I got to songwriting, I had been faced with a lot of troubles as a result of my own… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
As writers and readers, we're drawn to conflict. It's that ancient theory of plot that's written on the whiteboard during every fiction… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
“Why does God ask traumatized people to look at the trauma they initiated through their sin and rebellion? For the same reason… — Daniel Hill Copy Share Image
The core cuisine of Southern food is established in the plantation South, within the world of slavery. To understand the plantation table,… — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
