“until it is taken out of your mind, it is never lost and it is never gone” — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“I face my trauma because I believe in breaking cycles, not repeating them.” — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
“This book is dedicated to all who have been affected by sexual violence.” — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
I think many writers really believe that being published is a traumatic experience. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
“When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says.” — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
“It should be the ambition of every true artist to transform wounds and traumas into masterpieces.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
“Several research studies have demonstrated that one-third to one-half of all Cambodians who lived through the Khmer Rouge era have PTSD, borne… — Joel Brinkley Copy Share Image
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
“Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life” — Lynette Gould 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
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
“They feel guilty for having survived so they pretend the bad things never happened Exodus (1960) screenplay” — Dalton Trumbo 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
“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
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
“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
“...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
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
“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
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
“Those very traumatic events in our lives give us a privileged opportunity to let God's love become concrete for us. What the… — Wilfrid Stinissen 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
“…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
“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
“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
“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
Symptoms like anxiety, depression, aggression, alcohol or drug use, are responses to physical and emotional pain that has its roots in traumatic… — Jed Diamond Copy Share Image
“ You’re in shock. You can’t afford to be in shock. Two parts of himself were having a conversation. You were probably… — Jack Grimwood Copy Share Image
“It's like that sometimes for people who have had traumatic experiences in their past life. It's hard to move on, to belong,… — Amanda Gray Copy Share Image
After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Traumas produce their disintegrating effects in proportion to their intensity, duration and repetition. (1909)” — Pierre Janet 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