Body-mind-spirit Quote by Paul Levy

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

— Sue Johnson

“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

“Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.”

— Stephanie S. Covington

“Victims of a devastating trauma may never be the same biologically. [emphasis added].” Trauma”

— Ann Frederick

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

— M.D Mark Epstein

“Unlike other forms of psychological disorders, the core issue in trauma is reality.”

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

“Trauma may be endured through a physiological or psychological threat to life or overall wellbeing.”

— Asa Don Brown

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

— Zachary Anderegg

“We are traumatized people. And nothing else has trauma’s power to deform the mind and heart.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“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

“A traumatic experience is a seismic event that shakes our belief in a just world, robbing us of the sense that life is controllable,…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“...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