Ptsd Quotes
you'll never see my books on Vanity Fair I'm not the type of author they would want there
Because of my bipolar condition I will have to take anti psychotics until I die but hopefully a handful of them won't be the last thing I taste
Denial and minimizing is often seen in genuine PTSD and, hence, should be a target of detection and measurement.
The central mechanism of the avoidance mechanism of PTSD is the ego defense of denial
The unique stigma of PTSD. The stigma of PTSD remains one of the most formidable barriers to effective care.
A nightmare has taken hold of my body. Lunacy has dug its way inside my mind.
...People - the ones who are left behind - desire answers. Even when we are advised from beyond the grave not to pursue them.
The soldier in the portrait had been a respected and admired officer...The man he had become was fighting a different battle now. He had his demons, just as she had her ghosts.
If only I could tell someone.The humiliation I go throughwhen I think of my pastcan only be described as grace.We are created by being destroyed.
When we feel weak, we drop our heads on the shoulders of others. Don't get mad when someone does that. Be honored. For that person trusted you enough to, even if subtly, ask you for help.
Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.
Who supports the troops? The troops support the troops.
I’ll give you one chance to run, but may your shoulder always whisper in your ear…“It’s best to watch out for men, like me.
And I knew then that there would be no telling me what he saw. I understand somehow that certain images, certain sounds, could not be shared and could not be lost.
I think I broke Kerri, ” she said. “Go fix her, ” Al commanded, unfazed. “We’ve got enough broken parts.
We don't go back to wallow, we go back to undo the lies that are back there that are holding its captive from living a wondrous and full life.
Dissociation is adaptive: it allows relatively normal functioning for the duration of the traumatic event and then leaves a large part of the personality unaffected by the trauma.
People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory and fragmented manner.
Triggers are like little psychic explosions that crash through avoidance and bring the dissociated, avoided trauma suddenly, unexpectedly, back into consciousness.
Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.
Understanding trauma and that we each respond to it differently will help us be supportive and nonjudgmental toward each other.
Traumas produce their disintegrating effects in proportion to their intensity, duration and repetition. (1909)
Miriam is upset. Her voice is stretched and I can't look at her. Perhaps they beat something out of her she didn't get back.
Phrases such as "I'm beside myself, " "I was frightened to pieces, " "I feel lost, " "I feel like part of me is missing, " originated from a sense of soul loss.
Amnesia was a soldier's best friend, and luckily, it could be taught. Missing limbs still ache, but missing memories never do.
Alone with thoughts of what should have long been forgotten, I let myself be carried away into the silent screams of delirium.
I’m a stranger behind the same set of eyes that the girl in the photo holds.
The Persian rug served as their country with people living injade green jungles and others living in an opal cream sky.They were so light. No one would ever be able to tell thatthey had lived there.