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What inspired me most was the resilience of the Cambodian people. The country is still living with the trauma of the brutal… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
Some people's lives seem to flow in a narrative; mine had many stops and starts. That's what trauma does. It interrupts the… — Jessica Stern Copy Share Image
“According to an article, Sibling Abuse and Bullying: The Hidden Epidemic on Psychology Today by Darlene Lancer, “Often labeled rivalry and ignored,… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
Do not assume that divine guidance flows only when you are in need of help. Guidance continues to flow whether or not… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
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“A cult is a group of people who share an obsessive devotion to a person or idea. The cults described in this… — Margaret Smith Copy Share Image
“I watch what happens below and I am grateful that I can smell my smell, smell my smell and live while below… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
The trauma of the whole thing has been humbling, and for the first time, I'm a little bit wobbly. I'm a case… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
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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
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A ghost is a human being who has passed out of the physical body, usually in a traumatic state and is not… — Hans Holzer Copy Share Image
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Strangely enough, for many many years I didn't talk about my childhood and then when I did I got a ton of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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“The symptomatology of PTSD. In PTSD a traumatic event is not remembered and relegated to one's past in the same way as… — Babette Rothschild Copy Share Image
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Many quite popular films are filled with violence. I think the difference between those and my films is that I show the… — Peter Greenaway 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
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“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
“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
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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
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“Isolating oneself into a narrowly defined victim group promotes a view of others as irrelevant at best and dangerous at worst, which… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“What's wrong?' His wings were nowhere to be seen, not even the shadow of them. 'I'm debating asking you to stay tomorrow.'… — Sarah J. Maas 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
“BEFRIENDING THE BODY Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. Being frightened means… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
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