Body Quote by Bessel van der Kolk

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

— Asa Don Brown

“Unlike other forms of psychological disorders, the core issue in trauma is reality.”

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

Safety is the most unsafe spiritual path you can take. Safety keeps you numb and dead. People are caught by surprise when it is…

— Stephen Levine

“Traumatic events challenge an individual's view of the world as a just, safe and predictable place. Traumas that are caused by human behavior. .…

— American Psychological Association

At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.

— Alan Hirsch

Safety is a basic human need. People with a sense of security and belonging are stabilized for learning, creating, innovating. A group of wonderfully…

— John Sweeney

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

Some things are more important than safety.

— Melissa Marr

The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They may never…

— Mark Epstein

“frequently see this happening in my research: Lacking a sense of psychological safety, people”

— Christine Porath

“Understanding that trauma is personal is crucial. It's not the size of the incident that determines its effect on you. It's how you received/perceived…

— Danielle Bernock

Creating safety is your first job [as therapist], and then once that's established, you can use many tools to help someone see the folly…

— Kelly Carlin-McCall