“Papuan ancestors never begged for survival. They engineered it. They did not ask the world for permission to exist; they organised their… — Yamin Kogoya 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
It is one thing to read the Scriptures and affirm their truth. But until you are in the trenches of trial, until… — Kevin Malarkey 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
“Dr. Talbon was struck by another very important thing. It all hung together. The stories Cheryl told — even though it was… — Cheryl Hersha 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
“Trauma doesn't occur in a vacuum. You don't outgrow it with time. It grows with you, even if the growing goes all… — Sung Yim Copy Share Image
“The symptoms of trauma can be stable, that is, ever-present. They can also be unstable, meaning that they can come and go… — Peter A. Levine 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
“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
I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
Poetry springs directly from our primal need and capacity for communication[Poetry] mobilizes such a concentration of devices, such an intensification of language… — Sven Birkerts Copy Share Image
“We propose that use of the term “false memory” to describe errors in memory for details directly contributes to removing the social… — Jennifer J. Freyd Copy Share Image
“Survivors are damaged to different degrees by their experiences. This does not depend on what happened physically. A Survivor who has been… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“It is hard to bring paedophile rings to justice. Thankfully it does happen. Perhaps the most horrific recent case came before the… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“The observer self, a part of who we really are, is that part of us that is watching both our false self… — Charles L. Whitfield Copy Share Image
At the Third Wave Foundation, we were asking questions like, "How can we get more voters registered who support our issues?" or… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share Image
“Why do I take a blade and slash my arms? Why do I drink myself into a stupor? Why do I swallow… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“I shared with Fleur the mysterious self-contempt of the survivor. There were times we hated who we were, and who we had… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“Until we understand that traumatic symptoms are physiological as well as psychological, we will be woefully inadequate in our attempts to heal… — Ann Frederick Copy Share Image
“By listening to the “unspoken voice” of my body and allowing it to do what it needed to do; by not stopping… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“I'm back in the basement of the Ascension Catholic Church, Francisco. And Little Suzie is here. She's lying on an alter, and… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
“He doesn’t lock the door anymore—not out of courage, but quiet desperation. Each night, he lies there, hollowed and waiting, hoping a… — Jonathan Harnisch Copy Share Image
“Ask if you would like to,’ he said, smiling, ‘Or if you prefer, we could just sit.’ ‘But I guess you’re not… — Elizabeth Tebby Germaine Copy Share Image
“Chemistry is not destiny, certainly. But these scientists have demonstrated that the most reliable way to produce an adult who is brave… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
“But resiliency only means that a thing retains its shape. That it doesn’t break, or lose its ability to function. It doesn’t… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
You can always accuse my records of being harrowing or dark or bleak. There is processing of trauma on my records and… — Erika M. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Trauma and stress experienced in difficult situations can be passed on genetically as well. The gene itself does not alter, but the… — Shreya Sen-Handley Copy Share Image
“Justified within ourselves that we have suffered more than others, we feel guiltless when we disregard those in front of us, be… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“There is no shame in feeling broken. In seeking help. In searching for healing. Sometimes it is the breaking that leads us… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“Some alters are what Dr Ross describes in Multiple Personality Disorder as 'fragments', which are 'relatively limited psychic states that express only… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
Letting go is not the same as aversion, struggling to get rid of something. We cannot genuinely let go of what we… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“The scientific study of suffering inevitably raises questions of causation, and with these, issues of blame and responsibility. Historically, doctors have highlighted… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“certain incidents do more than just touch our raw spots or “hurt our feelings.” They injure us so deeply that they overturn… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes we forget to be grateful until we survive a trauma. For example, after having the flu when you ache all over,… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Indifference is the saddest state of being. It's like PTSD - you're not gonna fight, you're not gonna run, you're just frozen… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
Over and over victims are blamed for their assaults. And when we imply that victims bring on their own fates - whether… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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