Quote by Ann Frederick

“Trauma is a unique phenomenon all on its own, as if it is an entity in and of itself.”

— Paul Levy

“Trauma may be endured through a physiological or psychological threat to life or overall wellbeing.”

— Asa Don Brown

“certain incidents do more than just touch our raw spots or “hurt our feelings.” They injure us so deeply that they overturn our world.…

— Sue Johnson

“Trauma. It doesn't eke itself out over time. It doesn't split itself manageably into bite-sized chunks and distribute itself equally throughout your life. Trauma…

— Holly Bourne

“Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.”

— Stephanie S. Covington

“Trauma is the great masquerader and participant in many maladies and “dis-eases” that afflict sufferers. It can perhaps be conjectured that unresolved trauma is…

— Peter A. Levine

“Trauma is any terrifying event that instantly changes the world as we know it, leaving us helpless and emotionally overwhelmed.”

— Sue Johnson

I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify people's trauma.

— Tarana Burke

“We are more than our trauma We are not our diagnosis We are more than the worst things that have ever happened to us”

— Janelle Maree

“...who have been traumatized, this can be a monumental leap of faith, but we can recover from trauma; indeed, my experience assisting others to…

— Peter A. Levine

“But trauma is all pervasive. It does not go away. It continues to reassert itself as life unfolds.”

— M.D Mark Epstein

“We are traumatized people. And nothing else has trauma’s power to deform the mind and heart.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer