Ability Quote by Lynda Barry

I think part of the way in which kids develop emotional and psychological resiliency is by having some independence.

— Kim Brooks

People who have had severe childhood traumas lack the ability to regulate emotions and, as a result, gravitate toward whatever primitive means they can…

— Drew Pinsky

I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing…

— Phoebe Stone

The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none.

— Maria Konnikova

“Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and the emotions…

— Judith Spencer

Resilience is not just a complimentary individual quality, but something that is built. And you build it through a number of things in your…

— James Redford

“Thus polyvictimization or complex trauma are "developmentally adverse interpersonal traumas" (Ford, 2005) because they place the victim at risk not only for recurrent stress…

— Christine A. Courtois

“While reliving trauma is dramatic, frightening, and potentially self-destructive, over time a lack of presence can be even more damaging. This is a particular…

— Bessel Van Der Kolk

“So for those who think abuse survivors can simply logically process their situation and get out of and over the situation easily, think again.…

— Shahida Arabi

“Resilience is not a commodity you are born with, waiting silently on tap. It is self-manufactured painstakingly over time by working through your problems…

— Lorii Myers

Resilience is not what happens to you. It’s how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.

— Jeffrey Gitomer

I'm not sure if resilience is ever achieved alone. Experience allows us to learn from example. But if we have someone who loves us-I…

— Maya Angelou