Away Quote by Viola Davis

Trauma never goes away completely, it changes perhaps, softens some with time, but never completely goes away.

— Mark Epstein

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

— Sue Johnson

A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead…

— Anonymous

The only lasting trauma is the one we suffer without positive change.

— Leo Buscaglia

“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

I've read that under trauma, that you have this ability to kind of disconnect from the experience.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Traumatic events, by definition, overwhelm our ability to cope. When the mind becomes flooded with emotion, a circuit breaker is thrown that allows us…

— Susan Pease Banitt

When you grow up with a significant amount of trauma, you are realizing it as you get older, and you're realizing the ways you…

— Patrisse Cullors

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

— Peter A. Levine

The experience is no longer traumatic; the response of most women to the experience is relief.

— Dawn Johnsen

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

— M.D Mark Epstein

I think quite often we hold onto trauma because we don't process it.

— Gabrielle Bernstein