Modern man Quote by Peter A. Levine

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

— Stephanie S. Covington

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

— Peter A. Levine

“Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When the force…

— Judith Lewis Herman

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

— Asa Don Brown

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

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

— Paul Levy

“I have met many, many severely distressed people whose daily lives are filled with the agony of both remembered and unremembered trauma, who try…

— Carolyn Spring

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

— Ann Frederick

The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They may never…

— Mark Epstein

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

— Sue Johnson

“...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