I knew for years I wanted to write a novel that addressed the personal trauma of my older sister, who suffered -… — David Means Copy Share Image
One challenge is trying to extend access to more poorly served communities in rural areas and in the inner city. Sometimes you… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
You must get Israelis to understand the feelings and the hopes and the traumas of the Palestinians. You have to get the… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
Though suffering and trauma are not identical, the Buddha's insight into the nature of suffering can provide a powerful mirror for examining… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
This ability to exist in pieces is what some adults call resilience. And I suppose in some way it is a kind… — Lynda Barry 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
“While reliving trauma is dramatic, frightening, and potentially self-destructive, over time a lack of presence can be even more damaging. This is… — Bessel Van Der Kolk Copy Share Image
The writing that most interests me isn't about narcos or sicarios or police or whatever. It's about the victims and the survivors,… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
“The most important thing in defining child sexual abuse is the experience of the child. It takes very little for a child’s… — Laura Hough Copy Share Image
“Clench clench these strong teeth in this strong mouth. My mouth. Of my body. In my house. My mouth? Chapped lips swollen… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
Happy is already a state, so if you create something that's happy... OK, wonderful... but when you're in a place of distress… — Jlin Copy Share Image
“This gives a whole new meaning to ‘family mobbing.’ According to author and survivor, Stephanie A. Sellers, Ph.D, who wrote the book,… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“The odd sensation I had while cooking would often last through the meal, then dissolve as I climbed the stairs. I would… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Prison left me with some strange little tics.' She has taken all the door off their hinges in all the apartments she… — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
“As a child I had been taken to see Dr Bradshaw on countless occasions; it was in his surgery that Billy had… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The unfortunate thing, and the tragedy of this show [Revenge], is in exploring the theme of revenge. Absolutely everyone can find peace,… — Emily VanCamp Copy Share Image
The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
So much of life after trauma is about processing healing, which is a lifelong thing. There's really no destination. There are milestones,… — Eva Victor Copy Share Image
“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
“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
One of the marvels of personality is its resistance to prediction. One man's paralyzing trauma is another man's invitation to take control… — Rosellen Brown Copy Share Image
“There are certain shocks which, if sufficiently strong, seem to have power to destroy the balance of life. Such a shock would… — Anna Kavan Copy Share Image
The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
Intense asana practice - too much, too soon - can have detrimental effects. It can also promote a dissociation from the personal… — James Fox Copy Share Image
“…but then came another blow and something in him disconnected, like he’d been detached from a rock and was falling through an… — Yuri Herrera Copy Share Image
I think all horror movies are about trauma in one way or another, but I would love for there to be more… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
If we take a hard look at what poverty is, its nature, it's not pretty - it's full of trauma. And we're… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“We tend to chew life into pieces to make it easier for us to swallow, but the challenge is to know that… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
The man Hillary [Clinton] introduced at the meeting goes so far as to say that no amount of trauma to children -… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
If you get an infection, you get a fever; the fever is your body dealing with the infection. If you get traumatized,… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Secret, smug believers! God never gives you more than you can bear, they like to say, as if the strong should be… — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue… — Danielle Bernock Copy Share Image
“Nowadays many psychologists have found evidence that post traumatic stress disorder can be a cause of long-term emotional and physical problems, even… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I… — Hani Furstenberg Copy Share Image
Football is an absolutely idiotic pastime by any rational standards. You're running into other people as hard as you can, you get… — Chris Kluwe Copy Share Image
“He asks, in a softer voice, "Does your arm still hurt?" You touch it with your hand. The big ache is gone,… — Jim Grimsley Copy Share Image
“With gratitude, I have become a healing balm to thousands of people, if not more, who have suffered child abuse, sibling abuse,… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
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