“But trauma is all pervasive. It does not go away. It continues to reassert itself as life unfolds.” — M.D Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
“Then I drop to my knees because I can't find a decent enough reason not to, because reluctance rarely stands a chance… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
“One thing that parents pass on to their kids, whether they like it or not, whether they want it or not, are… — Heena Singhal Copy Share Image
“Take care of your heart and your mind for they are like a garden. And nothing good thrives in a garden full… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
All the traumas I went through separating art from writing don't exist anymore. That's why I love being in rock 'n' roll.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that sets the tone to a… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
However light-hearted you try to be about it, the loss of youth, and everything that goes with it, is quite a trauma. — Julian Clary Copy Share Image
Freddie Gray's life was poverty and violence. Trauma and hopelessness. His death was an exclamation point on an unspoken story. — Wes Moore 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
Trauma survivors have a deficiency in their capacity to regulate emotions - they're too prolonged and too intense and too negative. As… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
“Refugees are not a monolith. Each journey is unique. Some arrive with dreams and aspirations; others carry the heavy burdens of trauma… — Hagir Elsheikh Copy Share Image
Every single one of us will have our life interrupted, whether it's by the ripcord of a diagnosis or some other kind… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
'Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
The trauma of the Sixties persuaded me that my generation's egalitarianism was a sentimental error. I now see the hierarchical as both… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Self-indulgence is something to watch, but anything that helps you understand situations that are difficult to understand is good. If you're having… — Lulu Copy Share Image
Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be,… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The source of most human violence and suffering has been a hidden children's holocaust throughout history, whereby billions of innocent human beings… — Lloyd deMause Copy Share Image
“Trauma. It doesn't eke itself out over time. It doesn't split itself manageably into bite-sized chunks and distribute itself equally throughout your… — Holly Bourne Copy Share Image
We forgive, if we are wise, not for the other person, but for ourselves. We forgive, not to erase a wrong, but… — Tian Dayton Copy Share Image
“The door suddenly jerks open. A wide-eyed teenager bursts out. She stares at me in dazed horror. In a strange way, I… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
There are those uncomfortable things that've passed that you have to deal with or they define you, like childhood trauma. Like when… — Mike Ness Copy Share Image
“... stress hormones are meant to give us the strength and endurance to respond to extraordinary conditions. People who actively do something… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“HYPERAROUSAL After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The vast majority of incest begins years before the earliest conceivable age of consent. p4” — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
A descendant of enslaved people, George Floyd was born with generational trauma in his DNA and denied the generational wealth that belonged… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
My hometown has been devastated by a lack of access to trauma prevention and mental health services. — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
“Movement is how the body remembers itself. It is how survival shifts into recovery. It is how safety is relearned, one step,… — Jasmin Tzortzakakis Malik Copy Share Image
I think the trauma of giving birth made me feel vulnerable and I wasn't invincible. Giving birth made me feel like I… — Stacey Solomon Copy Share Image
“Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life” — Lynette Gould Copy Share Image
I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify people's trauma. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood,… — Steven Seagal Copy Share Image
I never imagined life away from Lazio. Leaving Lazio was a trauma, the first few months were very hard. I never wanted… — Alessandro Nesta Copy Share Image
One of the things that interested me about Five was the trauma that was contributed via the apocalypse. I wanted to make… — Aidan Gallagher Copy Share Image
Unhappiness isn't just the result of genetics or past trauma or career trouble. I think that some of our unhappiness is simply… — Fumio Sasaki 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
“Emotional trauma is something we should be forced to take a formal course in during high school, sandwiched between advanced statistics and… — Wendy Plump Copy Share Image
Don’t despair if your heart has been through a lot of trauma. Sometimes that’s how beautiful hearts are remade: they are shattered… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
“There always seemed to be a better way, except when it came to people. Once broken, people couldn't be repaired.” — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
