Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth,… — Lucille Roybal-Allard Copy Share Image
“It was only high school after all, definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a person’s life. How anyone can come… — Anonymous 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
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 say that our system of tests and grades, as it now exists, is one source of the low yield of great… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
I don’t care what people think…I learned a long time ago…I was 19 and had a very traumatic experience….and I learned that… — Iris Apfel Copy Share Image
“Traumatic events challenge an individual's view of the world as a just, safe and predictable place. Traumas that are caused by human… — American Psychological Association Copy Share Image
“When experiences or emotions become too overwhlming, the mind clevely encapsulates the material and stores it for safe-keeping. Many people respond this… — Deborah Bray Haddock Copy Share Image
The results of any traumatic experience, such as abuse, can only be resolved by experiencing, articulating, and judging every facet of the… — Alice Miller 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
“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
“Traumatic events, by definition, overwhelm our ability to cope. When the mind becomes flooded with emotion, a circuit breaker is thrown that… — Susan Pease Banitt Copy Share Image
“Hundreds of men crowded the yard, and not a one among them was whole. They covered the ground thick as maggots on… — Edison McDaniels Copy Share Image
“Traumatic events destroy the sustaining bonds between individual and community. Those who have survived learn that their sense of self, of worth,… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“I hold the hands of people I never touch. I provide comfort to people I never embrace. I watch people walk into… — Stephen White Copy Share Image
“…is methodical abuse, often using indoctrination, aimed at breaking the will of another human being. In a 1989 report, the Ritual Abuse… — Chrystine Oksana 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
When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Seems there are a lot of things I could have and should have done. I never imagined Id be the dumb dude… — Nate 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
“To take such a complex creature, on who was meant for God and is destroyed by sin, and attempt to understand how… — Diane Langberg 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
Often, I'm spending months with a person in a very intimate context, getting to know the ins and outs of what they… — Sarah Stillman 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 think many writers really believe that being published is a traumatic experience. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
“Remember? Ohh, I wouldn't do that! Remembering's dangerous. I find the past such a worrying, anxious place. "The past tense", I supposed… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“They feel guilty for having survived so they pretend the bad things never happened Exodus (1960) screenplay” — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
“Was this how trauma worked? she wondered. Those closest to it remained dumbfounded by the fact that those who weren't present could… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen daggers pierce the chest, Children dying in the road, Crawling things hooked and baited, Rapists bound and then castrated, Villains… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Acceding to researchers in the field of epigenetics, traumatic experiences produce fearful memories that are passed to future generations. A study carried… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“The power we discover inside ourselves as we survive a life-threatening experience can be utilized equally well outside of crisis, too. I… — Michele Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Who made the law that men should die in meadows? Who spake the word that blood should splash in lanes? Who gave… — Michael Tappenden Copy Share Image
“...a freeze response (dissociation, collapse, numbing, paralysis, deadness) during the incident that threatened your life or limb. Sometimes it's difficult for people… — Babette Rothschild Copy Share Image
“traumatic experiences do leave traces, whether on a large scale (on our histories and cultures) or close to home, on our families,… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Fear and anxiety affect decision making in the direction of more caution and risk aversion... Traumatized individuals pay more attention to cues… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image