“Rape victims were the people who evoked the most sadness in Bosch. He knew he wouldn’t be able to last a month… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My dad had just come back from Vietnam, and I think he had PTSD that he never treated, in that sort of… — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
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“PTSD is curable when one realises how the unconscious mind works and that the symptoms of PTSD are actually the unconscious mind… — Roger Roger Copy Share Image
“By processing information from the environment through the senses, the nervous system continually evaluates risk. I have coined the term neuroception to… — Stephen W. Porges Copy Share Image
“I’m broken. We’re all broken and right now we’re all isolated within that brokenness. The cure for the loneliness is connection—connection with… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“Even in times of trauma, we try to maintain a sense of normality until we no longer can. That, my friends, is… — Lori Goodwin Copy Share Image
“Whether it’s an Iraqi widow mourning her dead loved ones standing helplessly in the rubble of her former home or a dying… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
“The Bad-Moon Girls appear on days when Dad doesn't know what he is thinking, or even if he is thinking. Those days… — Joanna Campbell Copy Share Image
“There are two types of memory frequently experienced by individuals who have had overwhelming trauma that has been suppressed psychologically or chemically.… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“A child's (or an adult's) nervous system may detect danger or a threat to life when the child enters a new environment… — Stephen W. Porges Copy Share Image
“Their lips met in a slow, languid kiss. Salt from her tears mixed with her natural sweetness. She wrapped her arms around… — J. Rose Black Copy Share Image
“Secondary structural dissociation involves one ANP and more than one EP. Examples of secondary structural dissociation are complex PTSD, complex forms of… — Elizabeth F. Howell Copy Share Image
“A refusal on the part of psychiatrists and therapists to validate the horrors of their patients' tortured past implies a refusal to… — Felicity De Zulueta Copy Share Image
“Part of the problem was that I couldn't seem to get past the fact that I hadn't tried to escape from Kas.… — Sophie Hayes Copy Share Image
We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
My mom was born in the 70s, but grew up in the 90s, seeing all types of things. Because of her PTSD,… — Giveon Copy Share Image
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