I know people with PTSD, and it's very real and very hard. But it doesn't change your core character. — Taya Kyle Copy Share Image
You know being and ex serviceman and a Disabled Gulf War Veteran. You could play Taps on a Jews Harp and I'd… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“I was in the 110th MP,” Reacher said. “I’m not scared of PTSD. PTSD is scared of me.” — Lee Child Copy Share Image
“Unlike other forms of psychological disorders, the core issue in trauma is reality.” — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
Since PTSD is being exposed to death and the death of someone close, I felt really close to [the soldiers]. — Alice Winocour Copy Share Image
“In war, the damage you inflict on the enemy might be immediately apparent. The damage you inflict on yourself in doing so… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
I had experience with PTSD myself; probably that's why I felt so close to the soldiers and the testimony. Also, because I… — Alice Winocour Copy Share Image
“PTSD sucked. It was a dragon that lived inside her own head, shaking loose more and more nightmarish memories, each one prompting… — Loreth Anne White Copy Share Image
After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
Trauma is not the sole province of victims. If that were true, soldiers returning from Afghanistan wouldn't suffer from PTSD. — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
I've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“I also fear an attack directly upon us which shall be considerably aided by the French colonists! I therefore support your plan… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
“What's different about you? Why does it make you a pussy if you get help, but not the rest of the team?… — Pamela Clare Copy Share Image
“One of the main problems for anyone working in health care, social work or addiction treatment is the struggle to hold on… — Linde Zingaro Copy Share Image
“The inability to get something out of your head is a signal that shouts, “Don’t forget to deal with this!” As long… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
“Their manipulation is psychological and emotionally devastating – and very dangerous, especially considering the brain circuitry for emotional and physical pain are… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“no recovery from trauma is possible without attending to issues of safety, care for the self, reparative connections to other human beings,… — Janina Fisher Copy Share Image
“She felt it every night; a familiar pain in her loin, a gasp of air, the numbness and the nauseousness, the rapid… — Anonymous1234 Copy Share Image
“Throughout the years I learned the good times must come to an end, all the bad times will get worse, and most… — John Kennebrew Copy Share Image
“When you have a persistent sense of heartbreak and gutwrench, the physical sensations become intolerable and we will do anything to make… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
But veteran lawmakers torn apart by PTSD don't have a choice about being Exhibit A in the case against Washington politics. When… — Leon Kass 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
“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
“Maybe PTSD really is triggered by a single incident, a stressor, as it's known in the psychiatric community, and maybe the attack… — Luis Carlos Montalván Copy Share Image
“The door suddenly jerks open. A wide-eyed teenager bursts out. She stares at me in dazed horror. In a strange way, I… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“Narcissists play a public game and a private game which makes it harder to understand. Expressing your concerns suddenly turns you into… — Tracy Malone Copy Share Image
“Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“It's safer for you to stay with the others,' he said. Safer? He didn't realize. I was already dead.” — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“I think I broke Kerri,” she said. “Go fix her,” Al commanded, unfazed. “We’ve got enough broken parts.” — Edgar Cantero Copy Share Image
I'm almost positive I have some type of PTSD. Almost a decade of my life was consumed by the prison system. — Remy Ma Copy Share Image
“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.” — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image