“There are no injuries that run so deep that one can't add insult to them and make them feel even worse.” — Matthew S. Williams Copy Share Image
“We mute the realization of malevolence- which is too threatening to bear - by turning offenders into victims themselves and by describing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“About 98% of the women I coach are sensually shutdown. It’s not that they don’t want to experience extraordinary love, they can’t… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
“When you've had a bad experience, you sometimes feel compelled to recreate it in a way that allows you to control it.” — Todd Hido Copy Share Image
“One other thing—she was always armed. Ossie May talked about her gun even more than she bragged about her cooking. Out of… — Harold Phifer Copy Share Image
We're painting the same people all our life - it's just the way we look at them that changes. If you experience… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
We're all born storytellers. It's part of the species. But, more specifically, I suppose a particular combination of sensitivity and trauma made… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in the psychic intricacies that they build up and try to run away from, and how they self-construct. A… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity — Julien Clerc Copy Share Image
Every hour that goes by with family separation policies in effect is another hour that mothers weep thinking of their children, another… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
As a veteran, I know firsthand the satisfaction there is in defending the democracy you so strongly believe in, but I can… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
I know I'm breaking a taboo by using the term antiwhite racism, but I do so intentionally, because it's the reality some… — Jean-Francois Cope Copy Share Image
“Resiliency is the body's internal response to a stressful situation.” — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
It feels better there. In real life you can eventually learn to deal with the pain and trauma, learn to cope on… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
[The doctor] peeked into the trauma room and saw the situation: the clerk - that is, me - standing next to the… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
“Why Cults Terrorize and Kill Children – LLOYD DEMAUSE The Journal of Psychohistory 21 (4) 1994 "Extending these local figures to a… — Lloyd Demause 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
When a young person is not eating three meals a day but still getting perfect grades at school, or when a young… — Michael Skolnik Copy Share Image
[Carrie Fisher] could talk about issues that very few people could. She could make her bipolar disorder both real and entertaining. Carrie… — Tony Taccone Copy Share Image
“When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says.” — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
“Secret ceremonies in which malevolent men and women cloaked in hooded robes, hiding behind painted faces and chanting demonic incantations while inflicting… — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
The act of riding a bicycle isn't causing brain trauma. Yeah, you could fall, but that's if something goes wrong. Everything could… — Chris Borland Copy Share Image