I had severe PTSD and anxiety, but it was the '80s, and I didn't have a name for it. I don't think… — Sara Evans Copy Share Image
I can disprove the idea that people that have PTSD are like these raging balls of fire that are ready to explode.… — Ruben Gallego Copy Share Image
“Dissociative Identity Disorder is the most extreme form of PTSD and is the result of the child's desperate attempt to survive and… — Lynette S. Danylchuk Copy Share Image
When my own son is going through what he goes through, coming back, I can certainly relate with other families, who kind… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
“...a freeze response (dissociation, collapse, numbing, paralysis, deadness) during the incident that threatened your life or limb. Sometimes it's difficult for people… — Babette Rothschild Copy Share Image
“PTSD is a COMPLETELY SANE AND NATURAL REACTION to an insane circumstance. It is debilitating, it can be considered a disability, but… — Michael Crystel MSW Copy Share Image
You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
“Healing trauma involves tears. The tears release our pain. The tears are part of our recovery. My friend, please let your tears… — Dana Arcuri Copy Share Image
You have to understand that PTSD has to be an event that you experience, a very traumatic event. And actually, there is… — Dale Archer Copy Share Image
“Research has also revealed that women who have developed PTSD in relation to early childhood sexual abuse often develop borderline personality disorder.… — John M. Duffey Copy Share Image
“There is no “letting go.” I would dare to take it further and say there is no healing from trauma. For nearly… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
The blade sings to me. Faintly, so soft against my ears, its voice calms my worries and tells me that one touch… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Aside from clinically-diagnosed psychopaths, I have not met one person in war who thoroughly enjoyed killing. If someone ended up bragging over… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“US General Mathew Ridgeway was speaking about “Operation Vulture”. He said, “When the day comes for me to meet my maker and… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
“Home? What is home? Home is where a house is that you come back to when the rainy season is about to… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“So, what role does memory play in the understanding and treatment of trauma? There is a form of implicit memory that is… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“Changes in Relationship with others: It is especially hard to trust other people if you have been repeatedly abused, abandoned or betrayed… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“Complex PTSD consists of of six symptom clusters, which also have been described in terms of dissociation of personality. Of course, people… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“The ORDINARY RESPONSE TO ATROCITIES is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Too often the survivor is seen by [himself or] herself and others as "nuts," "crazy," or "weird." Unless her responses are understood… — Diane Langberg Copy Share Image
“He's tried to explain this a couple of times to a few of his buddies after about five beers. Like listen, listen.… — Spitandvinegar Copy Share Image
“People with Complex PTSD suffer from more severe and frequent dissociation symptoms, as well as memory and attention problems, than those with… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“These are men whose minds the Dead have ravished. Memory fingers in their hair of murders Multitudinous murders they once witnessed. Wading… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
I did a study of soldiers returning from Iraq, and their levels of PTSD were much higher if they had had to… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
“The shrinks call it Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. I call it hell. The demons are waiting in each corner, ready to drag me… — James Coyne Copy Share Image
“Traumatic events challenge an individual's view of the world as a just, safe and predictable place. Traumas that are caused by human… — American Psychological Association Copy Share Image
“The drugs were mind-dulling and unacceptable. Like an indecisive college freshman, I audited, without participating in, a few group therapy sessions. They… — Tom Equels Copy Share Image
“PTSD: It's the big game. You're wearing the helmet and pads. You make the big play and jump up into the crowd… — Peggy Randall-Martin Copy Share Image
“I must stop remembering... The more I remember, the greater my agony. These thoughts stuttered in my mind... I must be more… — Sonali Deraniyagala Copy Share Image
PTSD occurs following a trauma that was so awful that in retrospect you don't understand how you survived. What that causes is… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
“If only I could tell someone. The humiliation I go through when I think of my past can only be described as… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
“Alone with thoughts of what should have long been forgotten, I let myself be carried away into the silent screams of delirium.” — Amanda Steele Copy Share Image
“Why are many police officers corrupt? For some of them, it is coming from the long-term side effects of their risky and… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“We don't go back to wallow, we go back to undo the lies that are back there that are holding its captive… — Darlene Ouimet Copy Share Image
“IT TOOK a conscious effort for Tallow to keep his hand off his gun as he walked up the apartment building’s stairs.… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
“I’ll give you one chance to run, but may your shoulder always whisper in your ear… “It’s best to watch out for… — Ryan Goodrich Copy Share Image
“And I knew then that there would be no telling me what he saw. I understand somehow that certain images, certain sounds,… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“Here, from her ashes you lay. A broken girl so lost in despondency that you know that even if she does find… — Amanda Steele Copy Share Image
![“Too often the survivor is seen by [himself or] herself and others as "nuts," "crazy," or "weird." Unless her responses are understood within the context of trauma. A traumatic stress reaction consists of *natural* emotions and behaviors in response to a catastrophe, its immediate aftermath, or…” quote by Diane Langberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/diane-langberg-56315_abuse-survivors_too-often-the-survivor-is-seen-by-himsel_1540837.jpg)
