--- title: "9 Traumatic Childhood Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Traumatic Childhood quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Traumatic Childhood sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/stacey-solomon-6443_childhood_i-had-no-traumatic-childhood-experiences_1801165.jpg" --- > [I had no traumatic childhood experiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacey-solomon/i-had-no-traumatic-childhood-experiences/) [Stacey Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacey-solomon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/stacey-solomon-6443_childhood_i-had-no-traumatic-childhood-experiences_1801165.jpg) > [I was in analysis for years because of a traumatic childhood; I was breast-fed through falsies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/i-was-in-analysis-for-years-because-of-a-traumatic-childhood-i-was/) [Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/woody-allen-176_analysis_i-was-in-analysis-for-years-because-of-a_991262.jpg) > [As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gruber/as-a-matter-of-fact-i-had-a-terribly-traumatic-childhood-but/) [Michael Gruber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gruber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/michael-gruber-23692_afterward_as-a-matter-of-fact-i-had-a-terribly-tra_693973.jpg) > [“He was determined to take responsibility but he was just a cog. She’d seen that many times before. It was a belief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-mina/he-was-determined-to-take-responsibility-but-he-was-just-a-cog-she-d/) [Denise Mina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-mina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/denise-mina-10719_children_he-was-determined-to-take-responsibility_2856114.jpg) > [“Psychologists call the everyday occurrences of my and Lindsay’s life “adverse childhood experiences,” or ACEs. ACEs are traumatic childhood events, and their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance/psychologists-call-the-everyday-occurrences-of-my-and-lindsay-s-life/) [J.D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/j-d-vance-3503_children_psychologists-call-the-everyday-occurren_2334977.jpg) > [A Dream of Undying Fame is a probing, elegant and balanced book. Louis Breger shows how Freud’s traumatic childhood shaped his ambitious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-webster/a-dream-of-undying-fame-is-a-probing-elegant-and-balanced-book-louis/) [Brenda Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-webster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/brenda-webster-224378_ambitious_a-dream-of-undying-fame-is-a-probing-ele_2764702.jpg) > [“tried to go to a counselor, but it was just too weird. Talking to some stranger about my feelings made me want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance/tried-to-go-to-a-counselor-but-it-was-just-too-weird-talking-to-some/) [J.D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/j-d-vance-3503_childhood_tried-to-go-to-a-counselor-but-it-was-ju_1810229.jpg) > [“ACEs are traumatic childhood events, and their consequences reach far into adulthood. The trauma need not be physical. The following events or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance/aces-are-traumatic-childhood-events-and-their-consequences-reach-far/) [J.D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/j-d-vance-3503_childhood-trauma_aces-are-traumatic-childhood-events-and_2201579.jpg) > [“The idea that John Lasseter pitched was called “Toy Story.” It sprang from a belief, which he and Jobs shared, that products…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/the-idea-that-john-lasseter-pitched-was-called-toy-story-it-sprang/) [Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/walter-isaacson-384_desire_the-idea-that-john-lasseter-pitched-was_2064183.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/traumatic-childhood/#itemlist", "name": "Traumatic Childhood Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had no traumatic childhood experiences.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stacey Solomon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacey-solomon/i-had-no-traumatic-childhood-experiences/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/stacey-solomon-6443_childhood_i-had-no-traumatic-childhood-experiences_1801165.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/stacey-solomon-6443_childhood_i-had-no-traumatic-childhood-experiences_1801165.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/stacey-solomon-6443_childhood_i-had-no-traumatic-childhood-experiences_1801165.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had no traumatic childhood experiences.” — Stacey Solomon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was in analysis for years because of a traumatic childhood; I was breast-fed through falsies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Woody Allen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/i-was-in-analysis-for-years-because-of-a-traumatic-childhood-i-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/woody-allen-176_analysis_i-was-in-analysis-for-years-because-of-a_991262.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/woody-allen-176_analysis_i-was-in-analysis-for-years-because-of-a_991262.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/woody-allen-176_analysis_i-was-in-analysis-for-years-because-of-a_991262.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was in analysis for years because of a traumatic childhood; I was breast-fed through falsies.” — Woody Allen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. 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Louis Breger shows how Freud’s traumatic childhood shaped his ambitious, detached and authoritarian personality, and led to the betrayal of his mentor, Josef Breuer. Breger’s analysis exposes a fascinating paradox: Freud both invented psychoanalysis and impoverished its development. A must-read for everyone interested in how ideas can change the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brenda Webster" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-webster/a-dream-of-undying-fame-is-a-probing-elegant-and-balanced-book-louis/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/brenda-webster-224378_ambitious_a-dream-of-undying-fame-is-a-probing-ele_2764702.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/brenda-webster-224378_ambitious_a-dream-of-undying-fame-is-a-probing-ele_2764702.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/brenda-webster-224378_ambitious_a-dream-of-undying-fame-is-a-probing-ele_2764702.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A Dream of Undying Fame is a probing, elegant and balanced book. Louis Breger shows how Freud’s traumatic…” — Brenda Webster", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“tried to go to a counselor, but it was just too weird. Talking to some stranger about my feelings made me want to vomit. I did go to the library, and I learned that behavior I considered commonplace was the subject of pretty intense academic study. Psychologists call the everyday occurrences of my and Lindsay’s life “adverse childhood experiences,” or ACEs. ACEs are traumatic childhood events, and their consequences reach far into adulthood. The trauma need not be physical. The following events or feelings are some of the most common ACEs: •​being sworn at, insulted, or humiliated by parents •​being pushed, grabbed, or having something thrown at you •​feeling that your family didn’t support each other •​having parents who were separated or divorced •​living with an alcoholic or a drug user •​living with someone who was depressed or attempted suicide •​watching a loved one be physically abused. ACEs happen everywhere, in every community. But studies have shown that ACEs are far more common in my corner of the demographic world. A report by the Wisconsin Children’s Trust Fund showed that among those with a college degree or more (the non–working class), fewer than half had experienced an ACE. Among the working class, well over half had at least one ACE, while about 40 percent had multiple ACEs. This is really striking—four in every ten working-class people had faced multiple instances of childhood trauma. For the non–working class, that number was 29 percent. I gave a quiz to Aunt Wee, Uncle Dan, Lindsay, and Usha that psychologists use to measure the number of ACEs a person has faced. Aunt Wee scored a seven—higher even than Lindsay and me, who each scored a six. Dan and Usha—the two people whose families seemed nice to the point of oddity—each scored a zero. The weird people were the ones who hadn’t faced any childhood trauma. Children with multiple ACEs are more likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, to suffer from heart disease and obesity, and to contract certain types of cancers. They’re also more likely to underperform in school and suffer from relationship instability as adults. Even excessive shouting can damage a kid’s sense of security and contribute to mental health and behavioral issues down the road. Harvard pediatricians have studied the effect that childhood trauma has on the mind. In addition to later negative”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.D. Vance" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance/tried-to-go-to-a-counselor-but-it-was-just-too-weird-talking-to-some/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/j-d-vance-3503_childhood_tried-to-go-to-a-counselor-but-it-was-ju_1810229.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/j-d-vance-3503_childhood_tried-to-go-to-a-counselor-but-it-was-ju_1810229.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/j-d-vance-3503_childhood_tried-to-go-to-a-counselor-but-it-was-ju_1810229.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“tried to go to a counselor, but it was just too weird. Talking to some stranger about my feelings made me…” — J.D. Vance", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ACEs are traumatic childhood events, and their consequences reach far into adulthood. The trauma need not be physical. The following events or feelings are some of the most common ACEs: • being sworn at, insulted, or humiliated by parents • being pushed, grabbed, or having something thrown at you • feeling that your family didn’t support each other • having parents who were separated or divorced • living with an alcoholic or a drug user • living with someone who was depressed or attempted suicide • watching a loved one be physically abused. ACEs happen everywhere, in every community. But studies have shown that ACEs are far more common in my corner of the demographic world. A report by the Wisconsin Children’s Trust Fund showed that among those with a college degree or more (the non–working class), fewer than half had experienced an ACE. Among the working class, well over half had at least one ACE, while about 40 percent had multiple ACEs. This is really striking—four in every ten working-class people had faced multiple instances of childhood trauma. For the non–working class, that number was 29 percent.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.D. Vance" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance/aces-are-traumatic-childhood-events-and-their-consequences-reach-far/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/j-d-vance-3503_childhood-trauma_aces-are-traumatic-childhood-events-and_2201579.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/j-d-vance-3503_childhood-trauma_aces-are-traumatic-childhood-events-and_2201579.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/j-d-vance-3503_childhood-trauma_aces-are-traumatic-childhood-events-and_2201579.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“ACEs are traumatic childhood events, and their consequences reach far into adulthood. The trauma need not be…” — J.D. Vance", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The idea that John Lasseter pitched was called “Toy Story.” It sprang from a belief, which he and Jobs shared, that products have an essence to them, a purpose for which they were made. If the object were to have feelings, these would be based on its desire to fulfill its essence. The purpose of a glass, for example, is to hold water; if it had feelings, it would be happy when full and sad when empty. The essence of a computer screen is to interface with a human. The essence of a unicycle is to be ridden in a circus. As for toys, their purpose is to be played with by kids, and thus their existential fear is of being discarded or upstaged by newer toys. So a buddy movie pairing an old favorite toy with a shiny new one would have an essential drama to it, especially when the action revolved around the toys’ being separated from their kid. The original treatment began, “Everyone has had the traumatic childhood experience of losing a toy. Our story takes the toy’s point of view as he loses and tries to regain the single thing most important to him: to be played with by children. This is the reason for the existence of all toys. It is the emotional foundation of their existence.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Isaacson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/the-idea-that-john-lasseter-pitched-was-called-toy-story-it-sprang/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/walter-isaacson-384_desire_the-idea-that-john-lasseter-pitched-was_2064183.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/walter-isaacson-384_desire_the-idea-that-john-lasseter-pitched-was_2064183.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/walter-isaacson-384_desire_the-idea-that-john-lasseter-pitched-was_2064183.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The idea that John Lasseter pitched was called “Toy Story.” It sprang from a belief, which he and Jobs…” — Walter Isaacson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/traumatic-childhood/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/traumatic-childhood/", "name": "Traumatic Childhood Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/traumatic-childhood/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/stacey-solomon-6443_childhood_i-had-no-traumatic-childhood-experiences_1801165.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 9 Traumatic Childhood quotes by 7 authors. 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