“Trauma. It doesn’t eke itself out over time. It doesn’t split itself into manageable bite-sized chunks and distribute itself equally throughout your life. Trauma is all or nothing. A tsunami wave of destruction.
A tornado of unimaginable awfulness that whooshes into your life – just for one key moment – and wreaks such havoc that, in just an instant, your whole world will never be the same again.” ―Holly Bourne
Quotes
The Emotional States
“The emotional states are liberated inside water, we calm down emotionally, we become more sensitive, we are able to “touch” deeper ourselves and other beings. Empathy is echoing back to us giving subtle vibrations from the realm of the senses. Find your water.” ―Grigoris Deoudis
A Whole-Body Tragedy
“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” ―Susan Pease Banitt
A Lot Of People Don’t Heal
“A lot of people don’t heal, and it manifests in a lot of different ways throughout their lives,” she said once. “Because when trauma doesn’t get to work itself through your system, your system idles at a heightened state, and so getting more really intense input calms your system down.” Which is why, Meredith said, “A lot of folks who’ve survived trauma end up being really calm in crisis and freaking out in everyday life.” ―Mac McClelland
The Conflict
“The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma.” ―Judith Lewis Herman
Sadness Had Very Little To Do With It
“It wasn’t that she was sad—sadness had very little to do with it, really, considering that most of the time, she felt close to nothing at all. Feeling required nerves, connections, sensory input. The only thing she felt was numb. And tired. Yes, she very frequently felt tired.” ―Nenia Campbell
Every Human Being
“Every human being on this earth knows that life is not without pain. For most of us, it’s an inconvenience, a trail to be endured or avoided. But there are a select few who seek it out. Who use it as a tool to create something so beautiful, that it transcends this world… and makes them immortal.” –Unknown
At The End Of The Day
“At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.” ―Benjamin J. Carey
You Cannot Be Fair To Others…
“You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself.
Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self.
Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy.
Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself.
Otherwise, cede your gavel.” ―Vera Nazarian
If You Read…
“If you read fairy tales carefully, you’ll notice they are mostly about people who aren’t heroes. They don’t have special powers, or gifts. Often they are described as stupid. They are bullied, beaten up, robbed, starved. But they find they are stronger than their misfortunes.” ―Amanda Craig
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 