The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the… — Bruce D. Perry 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
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
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
“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
“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
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
It is not possible to be truly balanced in one's views of an abuser and an abused woman. As Dr. Judith Herman… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Well to me growing, up I've had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
“When you’re born a light is switched on, a light which shines up through your life. As you get older the light… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
“A life of hardship and personal suffering is unavoidable. A person must endure many humiliations of the mind and body, and expect… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The process of dissociation is an elegant mechanism built into the human psychological system as a form of escape from (sometimes literally)… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
“All abusive systems are facilitated by bystanders, whose awareness of what is disavowed is always partial, resulting in a state of knowing… — Sylvia Solinski Copy Share Image
“Somatic Symptoms: People with Complex PTSD often have medical unexplained physical symptoms such as abdominal pains, headaches, joint and muscle pain, stomach… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
Those traumas when it comes to the historical past generation to generation; our children, our grandchildren, our future grandchildren learn these behaviors.… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
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
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
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
“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
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
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
“We mute the realization of malevolence- which is too threatening to bear - by turning offenders into victims themselves and by describing… — Anonymous 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
“…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
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
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
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