“ The power we discover inside ourselves as we survive a life-threatening experience can be utilized equally well outside of crisis, too. I am, in every moment, capable of mustering the strength to surv… Michele Rosenthal
“ The brave men and women, who serve their country and as a result, live constantly with the war inside them, exist in a world of chaos. But the turmoil they experience isn’t who they are; the PTSD inva… Robert Koger
“ Traumatic events, by definition, overwhelm our ability to cope. When the mind becomes flooded with emotion, a circuit breaker is thrown that allows us to survive the experience fairly intact, that is,… Susan Pease Banitt
“ The scientific study of suffering inevitably raises questions of causation, and with these, issues of blame and responsibility. Historically, doctors have highlighted predisposing vulnerability factor… Bessel A. van der Kolk
“ Early relational trauma results from the fact that we are often given more to experience in this life than we can bear to experience consciously. This problem has been around since the beginning of ti… Donald Kalsched
“ Although psychoanalysts, including Freud, tended to acknowledge sexual trauma as tragic and harmful (Freud, 1905b, 1917), the subject seems to have been too awful to consider seriously in civilized co… Matthew J. Friedman
“ When he first said my diagnosis, I couldn't believe it. There must be another PTSD than post-traumatic stress disorder, I thought. I have only heard of war veterans who have served on the front lines… Taylor Armstrong
“ Victims are members of society whose problems represent the memory of suffering, rage, and pain in a world that longs to forget. Bessel A. van der Kolk
“ 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 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
“ 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
