Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“Attachment. A secure attachment is the ability to bond; to develop a secure and safe base; an unbreakable or perceivable inability to… — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism… — Cheryl Rainfield Copy Share Image
“Postpartum depression makes a woman feel like she is in the grip of something dreaded and dark, and it's scary. . .… — Judy Dippel Copy Share Image
I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
In many instances violence - which obviously inflicts tremendous trauma on victims - also inflicts trauma on the perpetrator. Radical evil takes… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue,… — Holliday Grainger Copy Share Image
Focusing only on street homelessness is resource-intensive, and acts after the rough sleeper has already endured significant hardship and trauma. Acting before… — Dawn Foster 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
“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
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
“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
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
“Thus polyvictimization or complex trauma are "developmentally adverse interpersonal traumas" (Ford, 2005) because they place the victim at risk not only for… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
“If your body is screaming in pain, whether the pain is muscular contractions, anxiety, depression, asthma or arthritis, a first step in… — Marilyn Van M. Derbur Copy Share Image
For too long we have been protecting the ones who have hurt us by minimizing our trauma and deprivation. It's time to… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all… — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn… — Amy Dickinson Copy Share Image
When our response to all trauma is to call the police, then that gets us into a cycle of perpetuating trauma. Mental… — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
The old rule about how a thing of beauty is a joy forever, in my experience, even the most beauteous thing is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's true, we tend to write about the same thing over and over again because this is our trauma. If I had… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
I think I knew I was funny in Elementary School. I think most funny people realize it when they're young. It tends… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The true self is that which is in touch with reality. The false self is the aspects of your personality that are… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The signs of good health are an intellect which is free from inhibition and arrogance, a heart which is full of compassion… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
I grew up in southern Africa but was born in England, so my family was afflicted with the stiff upper lip of… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I think the important thing is you're able to function as a parent to your other children, if you're lucky enough to… — Jason Watkins Copy Share Image
“A moving target is harder to kill, and I didn't stop running, maneuvering, until I reached home base, where I could breathe… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
You know, a lot of actors I think go into acting for therapy from whatever trauma has affected them as children. But… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the… — Richard Ben-Veniste Copy Share Image
I believe if my opponent [Hillary Clinton] should win this race, which I truly don't think will happen, we will have a… — Donald Trump 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
'BUMP' deals with all the joys and trauma that comes with a woman's changing body and the struggles of going through labor.… — Lucy DeVito Copy Share Image
I remember being at the church a few hours after the church was bombed in Birmingham, the 16th Street Baptist Church. It… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“The degree to which the psychiatric community is complicit with abusive parents in drugging non-compliant children is a war crime across the… — Stefan Molyneux 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
I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive… — Craig Brewer 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
“You’re not ready, Skayld. You say you aren’t damaged, but you are. You’re terrified of forming emotional attachments. You might be ready… — Jane Washington Copy Share Image