“A nightmare has taken hold of my body. Lunacy has dug its way inside my mind.” — Amanda Steele Copy Share Image
“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
“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” — Susan Pease Banitt Copy Share Image
“When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says.” — Anna Funder 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
“Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.” — Stephanie S. Covington Copy Share Image
“Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.” — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
I'm asked daily about how and why I don't have PTSD. I'm probably the last person on Earth you should ask about… — Tim Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Always remember, if you have been diagnosed with PTSD, it is not a sign of weakness; rather, it is proof of your… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Amnesia was a soldier's best friend, and luckily, it could be taught. Missing limbs still ache, but missing memories never do.” — Alex London Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
There isn't a right or wrong way to be depressed, anxious, or struggle with PTSD. Mental health challenges manifest differently for different… — Jessica Barden Copy Share Image
When suffering from TBI and PTSD, it's difficult to find the motivation to seek help. I want society not to forget those… — Max Martini Copy Share Image
“Medical research conducted during the Iraq War has confirmed that immediate administration of morphine following a traumatic event can prevent post-traumatic stress… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“It was dizzying trying to keep up with his moods, which rapidly swung from one extreme of a pendulum to the other… — Karie Fugett Copy Share Image
Neurobiological research has shown that in people with chronic PTSD, both stress hormone secretion and areas of the brain connected to memory… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“The detection of a person as safe or dangerous triggers neurobiologically determined pro-social or defensive behaviors. Even though we may not always… — Stephen W. Porges Copy Share Image
“The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Since her time in the necromancer’s clutches, she was still recovering lost memories from the quicksand of her mind. They’d drop like… — Katherine McIntyre Copy Share Image
“I wanted to share the risks the digger in Afghanistan took every day. Whenever I could I joined patrols ‘outside the wire’,… — John Cantwell Copy Share Image
“I grabbed the closest box of books and heaved it onto my bed. It contained all the books I had read in… — Michael Anthony 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
“There, alone in the sterile room, sitting on a pink vinyl chair that boasts many cracks in its once nice upholster, you… — Amanda Steele Copy Share Image
“The scientific study of suffering inevitably raises questions of causation, and with these, issues of blame and responsibility. Historically, doctors have highlighted… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“The second factor helping to bring the dissociative disorders back into the mainstream was the Vietnam War. For sociological reasons originating outside… — Colin A. Ross Copy Share Image
Over and over victims are blamed for their assaults. And when we imply that victims bring on their own fates - whether… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Survivors are damaged to different degrees by their experiences. This does not depend on what happened physically. A Survivor who has been… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“The observer self, a part of who we really are, is that part of us that is watching both our false self… — Charles L. Whitfield Copy Share Image
“By listening to the “unspoken voice” of my body and allowing it to do what it needed to do; by not stopping… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“The Americans gave it a name, PTSD — Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I had heard about it before: it was something that… — Marco Lupis Copy Share Image
“A siege is always a hospital - a hospital where mad thoughts abound and where mad things are done; where, under the… — Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox Copy Share Image
“If freedom is free and none need worry, then what blood drops for thee?” — Ryan Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Fear is the paralyzing emotion that inhibits or restricts normal feelings of love, confidence, and well-being.” — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
“There are a myriad of long term health issues associated with an airplane explosive decompression.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over. — Dale Archer Copy Share Image
“Adversity has the remarkable ability of introducing the real you to yourself.” — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
“Loving someone but not trusting them is a spiritual emergency.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“There are serious long-term adverse health effects associated with being a police officer.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“What if I lose what little control I have left? I may live in a prison now, but at least I know… — Nicole Deese Copy Share Image
