Mind and heart Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer

“Trauma is what happens to you, to your mind and perhaps to your soul, when you can neither fight nor flee.”

— Zachary Anderegg

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

— Sue Johnson

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

— Paul Levy

“While trauma keeps us dumbfounded, the path out of it is paved with words, carefully assembled, piece by piece, until the whole story can…

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

“We go through so much trauma in this world. At least we get to die.”

— Mitta Xinindlu

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

— M.D Mark Epstein

“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

“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

“By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Violence. My body has learned to love violence, and my mind imagines terrible things”

— D.S. Wrights

“Trauma stories are no more valid or noble than stories of love and heroism. Trauma stories are like black holes in space. They suck…

— Annette Vaillancourt

“I've come to the conclusion that there are two types of people. The fucked up good and the fucked up bad. You see, everybody's…

— Seth