Trauma can have a masking effect.

“Childhood trauma does not come in one single package.”

— Asa Don Brown

“Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.”

— Asa Don Brown

“Secure attachment has been linked to a child's ability to successfully recover and prove resilient in the presence of a traumatic event.”

— Asa Don Brown

“Resiliency is not gender-, age-, or intellectually specific...”

— Asa Don Brown

“Resiliency is the essence of a global positive framework...”

— Asa Don Brown

“Trauma does not have to occur by abuse alone...”

— Asa Don Brown

“Attachment. A secure attachment is the ability to bond; to develop a secure and safe base; an unbreakable or perceivable inability to shatter to…

— Asa Don Brown

“The second factor helping to bring the dissociative disorders back into the mainstream was the Vietnam War. For sociological reasons originating outside psychology and…

— Colin A. Ross

“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard…

— Danielle Bernock

“The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us.”

— James Garbarino

“Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and the emotions…

— Judith Spencer

“Lots of folks would argue that Bruce hides behind his perfectly coiffed hair and ever-easy smile far more than Batman does underneath his cowl.”

— Paul Asay

“People are good at masking things when they have to.”

— Kathryn Croft

If something's hurt and you're masking pain, sooner or later you're going to have to do something a little more than a cortisone shot.

— Ryan Zimmerman

“Just because brokerages disclose a convoluted web of profiteering doesn’t mean it’s appropriate. It just means they are hiding these questionable practices in plain…

— Christopher Manske