“ Christians sometimes make themselves into elephants afraid of mice. You have the Creator of the universe on your side; not to mention, you've been given eternal life. 'Whom or what shall you fear?' To… Criss Jami
“ Suddenly finding myself imprisoned in the ruins of the fortresses I created, I realize that that which I built to protect me has now become a labyrinth that is set to destroy me. And laying spent in t… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Getting defensive doesn't hide the fact that you know you could have done better. Stop putting your energy into your excuses. Tony Curl
“ When you become aggressive in arguments, you force the other person to become defensive which means they’ll either get ready to fight you or ready to flee from you. Sam Owen
“ July 15, 1991Nita: My mother was a paragon of our neighborhood, People always come up to us with hugs, saying "You have the most wonderful mother." l'd think. “Don't you see what's going on in this ho… Sarah E. Olson
“ Soon he essentially stopped talking. "I am retreating into silence as a defensive mode," he mentioned. Eventually, he was down to uttering just five words, and only to guards: yes; no; please; thank y… Michael Finkel
“ The key to healthy communication is having a willingness to lay aside our defensive tendencies and accept responsibility for our part of the relationship Asa Don Brown
“ Whatever thing a man gets quickly enraged about is his idol, and whatever thing he makes his idol becomes his religion. Criss Jami
“ DENIALDefense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious awareness any aspects of external reality that, if acknowledged, would produce a… Benjamin James Sadock
“ A child's (or an adult's) nervous system may detect danger or a threat to life when the child enters a new environment or meets a strange person. Cognitively, there is no reason for them to be frighte… Stephen W. Porges
“ Playing nice" comes naturally when our neuroception detects safety and promotes physiological states that support social behavior. However, pro-social behavior will not occur when our neuroception mis… Stephen W. Porges
“ I need to ask, are you afraid of spiders?"Nicholas blinked, suddenly caught off guard, "Yes, I'm afraid of spiders.""Were you always?""What are you, a psychiatrist?"Pritam took a breath. He could feel… Stephen M. Irwin
“ I see how you look at me,” spits the hateful man. He thinks we look upon him with the evil eye when we are not looking at him that way at all. We are just looking at him. It’s because he can’t accept… Kate McGahan
