“ Unlike simple stress, trauma changes your view of your life and yourself. It shatters your most basic assumptions about yourself and your world — “Life is good,” “I’m safe,” “People are kind,” “I can… Mark Goulston
“ The unique stigma of PTSD. The stigma of PTSD remains one of the most formidable barriers to effective care. Michael A. Cucciare
“ The central mechanism of the avoidance mechanism of PTSD is the ego defense of denial Frank M. Ochberg
“ Often it isn’t the initiating trauma that creates seemingly insurmountable pain, but the lack of support after. S. Kelley Harrell
“ Impending war was evidenced by the faraway expression in the older villagers' eyes, the shadows on their faces, not of fear but of sorrow. Because they knew; they had lived through the last war and th… Kate Morton
“ In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder. Jan Karon
