Aspect Quote by Mark Epstein

“certain incidents do more than just touch our raw spots or “hurt our feelings.” They injure us so deeply that they overturn our world.…

— Sue Johnson

“Trauma is the great masquerader and participant in many maladies and “dis-eases” that afflict sufferers. It can perhaps be conjectured that unresolved trauma is…

— Peter A. Levine

Trauma causes us to have an internal experience that is frightening, angry, and shameful. When we feel threatened, as we do when we are…

— Peter A. Levine

Trauma is hell on earth. Trauma resolved is a gift from the gods.

— Peter A. Levine

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

“...who have been traumatized, this can be a monumental leap of faith, but we can recover from trauma; indeed, my experience assisting others to…

— Peter A. Levine

What is required to face trauma is the ability to mourn, fully and deeply, all that has been taken from us. Only through mourning…

— Aurora Levins Morales

“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

Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.

— James Frey

I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that…

— Peter A. Levine

I think quite often we hold onto trauma because we don't process it.

— Gabrielle Bernstein

“Until we understand that traumatic symptoms are physiological as well as psychological, we will be woefully inadequate in our attempts to heal them. The…

— Ann Frederick