“The traumatized soul finds no rest in conditions of peace. It’s forever questing for violence, for action, for the same combination of… — Matthew S. Williams Copy Share Image
It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there.… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“I need to ask, are you afraid of spiders?" Nicholas blinked, suddenly caught off guard, "Yes, I'm afraid of spiders." "Were you… — Stephen M. Irwin Copy Share Image
“I face my trauma because I believe in breaking cycles, not repeating them.” — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
“Trauma stories are no more valid or noble than stories of love and heroism. Trauma stories are like black holes in space.… — Annette Vaillancourt Copy Share Image
Unless you've also had some experience dragging around a boat trailer, [topping off the gas tank] may not sound important. But trailer… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
“Dr. Peter Levine, who has worked with trauma survivors for twenty-five years, says the single most important factor he has learned in… — Marilyn Van M. Derbur Copy Share Image
Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening… — Laura Dekker Copy Share Image
“But on Kwajalein, the guards sought to deprive them of something that had sustained them even as all else had been lost:… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
To have your heart in pieces while every other aspect of your life couldn’t go better is a traumatic experience. In appearance,… — Matthew Bellamy Copy Share Image
Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic… — Matt Lucas Copy Share Image
“I want to remember my past To see before my eyes The image of my parents The house in which I grew… — Itta Benhaiem-Keller Copy Share Image
My dad took me to my first movie. It was 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952, a movie of such scale… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she… — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
“I warned myself against the danger of compassion in this case. How easy it would be to imagine the traumas of childhood… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
Americans did not acquire their fear neurosis as the result of a traumatic experience - war devasting their country, pestilence sweeping the… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
“They had become muffled and distant then anyway. This happened in those first days after the wave. I couldn't find their faces,… — Sonali Deraniyagala Copy Share Image
“Many people look at their past and bemoan their mistakes. Those errors in judgment, behavior, hurting others, and the wrong decisions may… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“Blame is a Defense Against Powerlessness Betrayal trauma changes you. You have endured a life-altering shock, and are likely living with PTSD… — Sandra Lee Dennis Copy Share Image
“The damage and invisible scars of emotional abuse are very difficult to heal, because memories are imprinted on our minds and hearts and it… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
Some form of gnosis or immediacy is attached to all thinking as its root-form or primitive origination; every act of thinking has… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
When I grew up in Ireland in the seventies there was no such thing as therapy...I mean we didn't even have cappuccinos… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
“I must stop remembering... The more I remember, the greater my agony. These thoughts stuttered in my mind... I must be more… — Sonali Deraniyagala 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
