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Trauma Quotes: "Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness."

Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.



Trauma Quotes: "Empathy means realizing no trauma has discrete edges. Trauma bleeds."

Empathy means realizing no trauma has discrete edges. Trauma bleeds.




Trauma Quotes: "the only way to get over a death is by seeing it as a life completed, instead of a life interrupted."

the only way to get over a death is by seeing it as a life completed, instead of a life interrupted.



Trauma Quotes: "When you hold onto a script that doesn't serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does."

When you hold onto a script that doesn't serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does.




Trauma Quotes: "When we are forced to endure what we cannot endure, something breaks inside our minds. That broken-mindedness is commonly called trauma."

When we are forced to endure what we cannot endure, something breaks inside our minds. That broken-mindedness is commonly called trauma.



Trauma Quotes: "You and I were meant to be together, even if we weren't meant to be happy."

You and I were meant to be together, even if we weren't meant to be happy.



Trauma Quotes: "A human being who trades away individuality for conformity is nothing but a slave."

A human being who trades away individuality for conformity is nothing but a slave.




Trauma Quotes: "Memories can be hard to forget and painful to remember that those who hate us now once loved us."

Memories can be hard to forget and painful to remember that those who hate us now once loved us.



Trauma Quotes: "A broken soul doesn't invest in boundaries because the world has crossed them, without mercy."

A broken soul doesn't invest in boundaries because the world has crossed them, without mercy.



Trauma Quotes: "No one forgets that they were once captive, even if they are now free."

No one forgets that they were once captive, even if they are now free.



Trauma Quotes: "Our identities are tremendously warped and distorted by yesterday's trauma and tomorrow's expectations."

Our identities are tremendously warped and distorted by yesterday's trauma and tomorrow's expectations.



Trauma Quotes: "You as a whole person are thus unable to reconcile conflicts about anger and learn to tolerate and express anger in healthy ways. Inner turmoil and dissociation are maintained."

You as a whole person are thus unable to reconcile conflicts about anger and learn to tolerate and express anger in healthy ways. Inner turmoil and dissociation are maintained.




Trauma Quotes: "...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the things set apart, the objects of His people He is jealous of."

...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the things set apart, the objects of His people He is jealous of.



Trauma Quotes: "He thought it disproportionate in its violence considering the fragility of us."

He thought it disproportionate in its violence considering the fragility of us.



Trauma Quotes: "But how intolerable bright the morning is where we who are alive and remain, walk lifted up, carried forward by an effective word."

But how intolerable bright the morning is where we who are alive and remain, walk lifted up, carried forward by an effective word.



Trauma Quotes: "Would they be cheered by their recovery, or marked for life by their trauma?"

Would they be cheered by their recovery, or marked for life by their trauma?



Trauma Quotes: "There is no one way to recover and heal from any trauma. Each survivor chooses their own path or stumbles across it."

There is no one way to recover and heal from any trauma. Each survivor chooses their own path or stumbles across it.



Trauma Quotes: "Is the person I was before dead? Or will the worst things that happened to me eventually get diluted by the rest of my life, become just a part of the story that I've always been writing?"

Is the person I was before dead? Or will the worst things that happened to me eventually get diluted by the rest of my life, become just a part of the story that I've always been writing?



Trauma Quotes: "I want to just go back to being the person I was before, but you can't stop being the person you've become. You just have to keep going forward."

I want to just go back to being the person I was before, but you can't stop being the person you've become. You just have to keep going forward.



Trauma Quotes: "The counselor says that with more time and more surgeries, I will begin to feel normal again. She says this with a mouth that can still smile. It’s so easy to be reassuring when you have lips."

The counselor says that with more time and more surgeries, I will begin to feel normal again. She says this with a mouth that can still smile. It’s so easy to be reassuring when you have lips.



Trauma Quotes: "Snow girl was glad she had left her own feelings behind."

Snow girl was glad she had left her own feelings behind.



Trauma Quotes: "If I’m a monster, mademoiselle, it’s because man’s cruelty has made me so."

If I’m a monster, mademoiselle, it’s because man’s cruelty has made me so.



Trauma Quotes: "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."

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.



Trauma Quotes: "I think I broke Kerri, ” she said. “Go fix her, ” Al commanded, unfazed. “We’ve got enough broken parts."

I think I broke Kerri, ” she said. “Go fix her, ” Al commanded, unfazed. “We’ve got enough broken parts.



Trauma Quotes: "This world isn’t a fair place, because we never know how much time we’ve really got."

This world isn’t a fair place, because we never know how much time we’ve really got.



Trauma Quotes: "Trauma, if it doesn't destroy us, wakes us up both to our own relational capacities and to the suffering of others. Not only does it makes us hurt, it makes us more human, caring, and wise."

Trauma, if it doesn't destroy us, wakes us up both to our own relational capacities and to the suffering of others. Not only does it makes us hurt, it makes us more human, caring, and wise.



Trauma Quotes: "a trauma that breaks you into brand new pieces."

a trauma that breaks you into brand new pieces.



Trauma Quotes: "Sometimes… we have a war in our hearts. We’re torn in two directions. The way we feel and the way we should feel. They rarely align. The battle goes on."

Sometimes… we have a war in our hearts. We’re torn in two directions. The way we feel and the way we should feel. They rarely align. The battle goes on.



Trauma Quotes: "The holes are slowly filling up, and despite itself the brain will work until the job is completed."

The holes are slowly filling up, and despite itself the brain will work until the job is completed.



Trauma Quotes: "To thoughtful natures, events are like depth charges: the surface is calm, but the shock spreads further."

To thoughtful natures, events are like depth charges: the surface is calm, but the shock spreads further.



Trauma Quotes: "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."

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.



Trauma Quotes: "My parents also had a tough time recognizing me at first. because my eyes were black and swollen shut and I had two tubes coming out of my head."

My parents also had a tough time recognizing me at first. because my eyes were black and swollen shut and I had two tubes coming out of my head.



Trauma Quotes: "And so, now, she runs. In her running, her mind leaves her.And she can hear nothing but her heart, the blast making her deaf.There is a great white silent empty in her running.She runs."

And so, now, she runs. In her running, her mind leaves her.And she can hear nothing but her heart, the blast making her deaf.There is a great white silent empty in her running.She runs.



Trauma Quotes: "Triggers are like little psychic explosions that crash through avoidance and bring the dissociated, avoided trauma suddenly, unexpectedly, back into consciousness."

Triggers are like little psychic explosions that crash through avoidance and bring the dissociated, avoided trauma suddenly, unexpectedly, back into consciousness.



Trauma Quotes: "This morning I was ten years old. Tonight I am older than the stars."

This morning I was ten years old. Tonight I am older than the stars.



Trauma Quotes: "We distance ourselves for protection, Wear scarves when it’s cold. What seems most outlandish in our autobiography Is what really happened."

We distance ourselves for protection, Wear scarves when it’s cold. What seems most outlandish in our autobiography Is what really happened.



Trauma Quotes: "My God, what have they done to you? This isn't a man, it's a broken kite."

My God, what have they done to you? This isn't a man, it's a broken kite.



Trauma Quotes: "Understanding trauma and that we each respond to it differently will help us be supportive and nonjudgmental toward each other."

Understanding trauma and that we each respond to it differently will help us be supportive and nonjudgmental toward each other.



Trauma Quotes: "Past traumas are like old scars on tissue that never quite healed properly – they occasionally must be cut open, re-examined, and sutured anew."

Past traumas are like old scars on tissue that never quite healed properly – they occasionally must be cut open, re-examined, and sutured anew.



Trauma Quotes: "Traumas produce their disintegrating effects in proportion to their intensity, duration and repetition. (1909)"

Traumas produce their disintegrating effects in proportion to their intensity, duration and repetition. (1909)




Trauma Quotes: "Flashlight beams danced crazily"

Flashlight beams danced crazily



Trauma Quotes: "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."

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.



Trauma Quotes: "...Things happenedwhen you were little. Things youdon't remember now, and don't wantto. But they need to escape, need to worm their way outof that dark place in your brainwhere you keep them stashed."

...Things happenedwhen you were little. Things youdon't remember now, and don't wantto. But they need to escape, need to worm their way outof that dark place in your brainwhere you keep them stashed.



Trauma Quotes: "My sister don't talk much. When she does, it's only to me, in moth-winged whispers, and only when we're alone."

My sister don't talk much. When she does, it's only to me, in moth-winged whispers, and only when we're alone.



Trauma Quotes: "Look at us. One bleeding body, one corpse, and a husk who's been half dead for years. No one who took an objective look at this room could think it was anything but too late, Ruth. For all of us."

Look at us. One bleeding body, one corpse, and a husk who's been half dead for years. No one who took an objective look at this room could think it was anything but too late, Ruth. For all of us.



Trauma Quotes: "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."

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.



Trauma Quotes: "It's all fun and games until somebody dies."

It's all fun and games until somebody dies.



Trauma Quotes: "There are no injuries that run so deep that one can't add insult to them and make them feel even worse."

There are no injuries that run so deep that one can't add insult to them and make them feel even worse.