Emotional trauma Quote by Wendy Plump

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

— Stephanie S. Covington

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

— Asa Don Brown

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

— Sue Johnson

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

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

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

— Paul Levy

“emotional stress in his life.  He was also intelligent.  He’d earned a Masters Degree in education and”

— Brian Harmon

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

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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

“Higher learning undergoes emotional pressure.”

— Toba Beta

“We must understand how we responded to formative trauma and how that response is perpetuated today. Otherwise, we will remain stuck in self-defeating attitudes…

— Russell Willingham

“Don't overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you.”

— Amit Kalantri

“We tried emotions in middle school and we didn't care for them, but they have snuck back into our life.”

— Lara Avery