Addiction Quote by Drew Pinsky

Trauma really does confront you with the best and the worst. You see the horrendous things that people do to each other, but you…

— Bessel van der Kolk

I often feel trapped. I often feel like I'm trying to escape some trap, be it a way of thinking, a compulsion, or a…

— Dawn Lundy Martin

Trauma super charges addiction and makes it really bad. It doesn't necessarily cause it, though it can trigger it. It's not necessarily the issue…

— Drew Pinsky

Punishment by definition isn't going to help. So what you need to do is to help people to change and recover is to help…

— Maia Szalavitz

Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And…

— Helen Fisher

“The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us.”

— James Garbarino

“Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.”

— Asa Don Brown

I definitely have a dark sense of humor, and in ways I think that comes from having a lot of childhood trauma - a…

— Patti Harrison

“Complexly traumatized children need to be helped to engage their attention in pursuits that do not remind them of trauma-related triggers and that give…

— Sarah Benamer

These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one…

— Peter Straub

“But it was impossible to share my feelings of grief with Peggy, because most of the time it was impossible to feel them. My…

— Sarah Perry

“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard…

— Danielle Bernock