Part of what makes a situation traumatic is not talking about it. Talking reduces trauma symptoms. When we don't talk about trauma,… — Tian Dayton 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 knew that my trauma, no matter what it was, was not unique. I knew that pain was the universal driving force… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
But really, what else are you going to talk about in line at the liquor store? Childhood trauma seems like the natural… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
Though she doesn't remember any trauma, she said that her parents told her she cried on a daily basis and her grandmother… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
“The power we discover inside ourselves as we survive a life-threatening experience can be utilized equally well outside of crisis, too. I… — Michele Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“genes and fetal environment are relevant. But most important, recall the logic of collapsing different types of trauma into a single category.… — Robert M. Sapolsky 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
“Without direction, the respiratory technician goes to the head of the bed. She takes the tubing, attaches it to the oxygen, and… — Ruth McLeod-Kearns Copy Share Image
“Almost worse than the sorrow of missing her was the fact that Mom's death had revealed everything to be meaningless. So much… — Sarah Perry 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
“In response to threat and injury, animals, including humans, execute biologically based, non-conscious action patterns that prepare them to meet the threat… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
Punishment by definition isn't going to help. So what you need to do is to help people to change and recover is… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
“BEFRIENDING THE BODY Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. Being frightened means… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“Isolating oneself into a narrowly defined victim group promotes a view of others as irrelevant at best and dangerous at worst, which… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“What's wrong?' His wings were nowhere to be seen, not even the shadow of them. 'I'm debating asking you to stay tomorrow.'… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, I deliberately look for the mundane, because I feel these stories are ignored. The most influential things… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I did have imprinted on me the idea of trauma that changes things dramatically and suddenly. As a writer, I return to… — Ann Packer Copy Share Image
“So, Strand looked at me, and he said, 'You should write about all this someday.' And I said, 'You mean about all… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“Baiting is the narcissist and flying monkeys deliberate act to provoke emotional reactions from you. It's to confirm their superiority and power… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
My son was a goalkeeper in soccer, and he luckily never had much head trauma. He never had any concussions or anything.… — Ann McKee Copy Share Image
“As a reflect on my life, here is what I have learned, how I have grown, and how I've been transformed. Little… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released… — Mrinalini Sarabhai Copy Share Image
“perhaps you know that Ingeborg Bachmann poem from the last years of her life that begins "I lose my screams" dear Antigone,… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Trauma super charges addiction and makes it really bad. It doesn't necessarily cause it, though it can trigger it. It's not necessarily… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
The thing about superheroes is that they don't have problems, right? A feminist hooker superhero wouldn't have to worry about assault, or… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by… — Daniel Pipes Copy Share Image
“I looked out the window at midnight and watched the snow drop slowly to the ground. It was 2004 at last and… — Sara Ellie MacKenzie Copy Share Image
People like head trauma. They love knockouts. The crowd is silent, silent, silent... and then a knockout happens, and everyone goes native.… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
“...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the… — David Jones Copy Share Image
“Outside, the sun shines. Inside, there’s only darkness. The blackness is hard to describe, as it’s more than symptoms. It’s a nothing… — Justin Ordoñez Copy Share Image
I understand what it is to go through emotional trauma and retreat and go into the world of your imagination. I understand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And so I want us to look at injustice and its polar opposite, justice, which we are told is a requirement of… — Diane Mandt Langberg Copy Share Image
Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Everyone knows someone who is struggling with a mental health issue, whether it's depression, trauma or substance abuse. It affects everyone, so… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
The second political thing I did was to say 'The Beatles are bigger than Jesus.' That really broke the scene, I nearly… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I do a lot of book signings and conventions every year, and I meet a great many readers who are struggling... they're… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Just take Germany and the suffering of Jews during and after the Second World War. It would be legal to ridicule and… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“Parts of you are phobic of anger and generally terrified and ashamed of angry dissociative parts. There is often tremendous conflict between… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“A bad thing happened to you kids, Dad said. But it could have been worse. So much worse, Mom said. But because… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
