Post traumatic stress disorder Quote by Stephanie S. Covington

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

— Sue Johnson

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

— Paul Levy

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

— Asa Don Brown

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

— Zachary Anderegg

“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

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

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“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

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

— Ann Frederick

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

— 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