“When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says.” — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
Of course the death of Geoffrey has caused a lot of trauma to me generally. — Victoria de los Angeles Copy Share Image
“Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.” — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence. — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“Triggers take us back To pain, trauma, or anger. Use them to heal self.” — Sanjo Jendayi Copy Share Image
“He thought it disproportionate in its violence considering the fragility of us.” — David Jones Copy Share Image
For many people who face anxieties, depression, trauma or grief that dominate their lives, a vital source of support may be a… — Luciana Berger 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
“The study of psychological trauma has repeatedly led into realms of the unthinkable and foundered on fundamental questions of belief.” — Judith Lewis Herman 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
“It should be the ambition of every true artist to transform wounds and traumas into masterpieces.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
“People don’t always stab you with knives. Sometimes it’s the slow slicing of passive envy.” — Arabella Sveinsdottir Copy Share Image
“There is not a trace of blood anywhere except here, in my throat, where I am telling you all this.” — Lê Thi Diem Thúy Copy Share Image
Childhood trauma is childhood trauma, whether you're a player or a forklift driver. They are the same feelings, and there are the… — Tony Adams Copy Share Image
“Many deeply hidden memories have come flooding back. The important message here though is that it is possible to heal and survive.… — Lynette Gould Copy Share Image
“In order to believe clients' accounts of trauma, you need to suspend any pre-conceived notions that you have about what is possible… — Aphrodite Matsakis Copy Share Image
“There is a shock that comes so quickly and strikes so deep that the blow is internalized even before then skin feels… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I grew up in a pretty economically safe, physically safe household, and, you know, now my life is defined by other people's… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Just remember, sometimes people will put you ahead of themselves. It does happen. (Leta) Yeah, the whole world is just rainbows and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Happiness in a tablet. This is our world. Prozac. Daxil. Xanax. Billions are spent to advertise such drugs. And billions are spent… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Success and failure can both make you lose appetite and concentration, don't let it bother or over-excite you, just think them away… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
children may need challenges and high-risk conditions in order to develop the self-generated immunity to trauma that characterizes survivors. To be tested… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“The Kinsey staff asked questions of children, learning about sexuality in the family. And other psychologists, psychiatrists and paediatricians, including Benjamin Spock,… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“Her voice seemed to loosen something in Greta’s stomach, some knot she’d been holding on to for years, and now the knot… — Jen Beagin Copy Share Image
“To say I woke up one day and reached a point where I no longer cared about the pains to befall me… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
The opposite of addiction is human connection. And I think that has massive implications for the war on drugs. The treatment of… — Johann Hari Copy Share Image
“...repeated trauma in childhood forms and deforms the personality. The child trapped in an abusive environment is faced with formidable tasks of… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and… — Judith Spencer Copy Share Image
I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silenced. All of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Every painful memory you have which keeps recurring is simply your unconscious mind trying to protect you by reminding you of experiences… — Roger Roger Copy Share Image
“Empathy means realizing no trauma has discrete edges. Trauma bleeds.” — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
