Believe Quote by Scott Thompson

I was traumatized by a lot of childhood stuff. I felt that I was bad somewhere, starting with my birth.

— Joel Grey

I went through a lot in my life that scarred me pretty good. I built a wall around myself to the point where nobody…

— Jake Roberts

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

— Mark Twain

When I was five years old I was molested and just, you know. I remember feeling, literally right before it happened, I just could…

— Mary J. Blige

My dad had a series of heart attacks when I was a little girl, and our world was shaped by these huge, traumatic events.

— Mary Steenburgen

I asked that my friends and family hold me accountable for living life unafraid. A traumatic loss meant that I was primed to see…

— Mary Katharine Ham

I was a lonely, frightened little fat kid who felt there was something deeply wrong with me because I didn't feel like I was…

— Kate Bornstein

I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.

— Theodore Roosevelt

For most of my life, I believed that my father had broken many of my bones. They were emotional and psychological bones; things no…

— Iyanla Vanzant

“We have faced many pitfalls and negatives on our journey so far, but dissociation and dissociating gave us a methodology to cope with the…

— Carol Broad

As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.

— Michael Gruber

I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other…

— Terry McMillan