We are kept from the experience of Spirit because our inner world is cluttered with past traumas . . . As we… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
“Traumas produce their disintegrating effects in proportion to their intensity, duration and repetition. (1909)” — Pierre Janet Copy Share Image
There's something called toxic stress, which is repeated exposure to trauma. I was fascinated by how it affects the brain and the… — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
“Hyperarousal causes traumatized people to become easily distressed by unexpected stimuli. Their tendency to be triggered into reliving traumatic memories illustrates how… — Marion F. Solomon Copy Share Image
“Some dissociative parts of the personality, living in trauma time, may experience the same emotion no matter the situation, such as fear,… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
“I remembered during puberty, through the anorexic mists of intermittent menstrual cycles, that man, my father, lifting Shirley's nightdress over her head… — Alice Jamieson 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
“The pain of an unpublished manuscript is akin to the trauma of bearing an unborn.” — Anurag Shourie Copy Share Image
I do not condemn any personal choices for intimate relationships. Love is love. I detest only the violence and trauma that any… — Akiane Kramarik Copy Share Image
“In lieu of letting go of our trauma and rather than healing completely, in my experience, we learn how to carry it… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“In the region of trauma all duration collapses, past becomes present, and future loses all meaning other than endless repetition.” — Robert Stolorow Copy Share Image
“The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.” — Sharon Salzberg 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
“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
This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true… — Tammy Duckworth 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
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
“The greatest misunderstanding that we confront every day in the mental health arena is thinking all emotional wounds are trauma. The greatest… — Antonieta Contreras Copy Share Image
You are suffering from an ailment that affects ladies of romantic imaginations. Symptoms include fainting, weariness, loss of appetite, low spirits. While… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“Unlearning & healing existed hand in hand. Reprogramming my mind, deconstructing my trauma & socialization doctrines have been the mitochondrial equivalent of my growth.” — Cheyanne Ratnam Copy Share Image
For a long time, it was all about chart position. 'If my record doesn't come in at No. 1, I'm a failure.'… — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
“Look at us. One bleeding body, one corpse, and a husk who's been half dead for years. No one who took an… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
