Belief Quote by Melanie Tonia Evan

“We have learned through research on trauma survivors that early events that stimulate our fight-or-flight response have long-lasting effects. It usually directs us to…

— Bandy X Lee

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“The study of psychological trauma has repeatedly led into realms of the unthinkable and foundered on fundamental questions of belief.”

— Judith Lewis Herman

Our experiences tend to support our belief systems.

— T. J. MacGregor

Fear makes us do things we would otherwise never agree to do, and people can be emotionally manipulated into believing something during times of…

— Alexandra Bracken

What we humans think we know is nothing compared to what we need to believe to numb the fear and pain.

— Jo Nesbo

Our emotions are made by God, yet they too must bow before Him

— Laura Story

Pain exists so we can be stronger. Hurt exists so we can heal. Fear exists so we can be brave. Laughter exists so we…

— Isiahnunn

“Humans run on emotion, assumption and impulse. We cant function on logic alone. But emotion assumption and impulse also allow us to weave cozy…

— Brooke Gladstone

The Laws of Reasoning consist of the ground, the path, and the result. ...Suffering is in the mind. How we perceive happiness determines our…

— Dalai Lama

One of the things this world is finding is that emotion is the basis of reason. We really have to trust our emotions, which…

— David 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