Traumatic Quotes

118 quotes by 114 authors

Post-traumatic shock,' said Shaun. 'He thinks he's a boa constrictor. — Mira Grant
Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic. — Banana Yoshimoto
Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal… — BrenÃ© Brown
Just because one person's problem is less traumatic than another's doesn't mean they're required to hurt less — J.A. Redmerski
It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there. Don't move. — Jeffrey Eugenides
The early years of my life were very, very traumatic. It was scary, because any child knew that death was sort of lurking around Europe… — Felix Rohatyn
In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new… — Henry Rollins
In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all… — Natasha Trethewey
One challenge is trying to extend access to more poorly served communities in rural areas and in the inner city. Sometimes you have kids who… — Scott Stossel
Capture of a wild animal is invariably traumatic. — Jane Velez-Mitchell
About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way… — Bill Dedman
People can have a variety of concerns at the same time. Even those undergoing grave or traumatic experiences will acknowledge the need for lightness or… — Susan Minot
The more traumatic events you endure with the city, the more of a New Yorker you become. — Trevor Moore
Changing my name was traumatic for me. — Eve Best
When my father died, I was living in England. It was very traumatic that he died when I was away. — Sharon Creech
Mine was quite a working-class childhood with very little money, and my father was out of work a couple of times, which had quite a… — John Caudwell
The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting… — Michael Hastings
I went to college because my father thought that I should learn engineering, because he wanted to go into the heating business with me. There,… — Leonard Susskind
Positive psychology is not remotely intended to replace therapy or pharmacology. So when depressed, anxious or in panic or post-traumatic stress disorder, I am all… — Martin Seligman
The first thing you should know about me is when I was three years old my mother left me and my father. And that was… — Robert Carlyle

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