Trauma Quotes Quotes

“I remember the thing
that I saw on Tumblr,
how people with trauma
will sometimes reexpose
themselves to it,
salt in the wound
to stay alive.

I am tired
of salting the wound -
I am ready
to salt the earth.”
― Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa

“Trauma happens when a tragedy surpasses a person’s ability to cope.”
― Nin Mok, Suddenly Silent and Still

“The greatest misunderstanding that we confront every day in the mental health arena is thinking all emotional wounds are trauma.
The greatest risk we face is not knowing that we can play an active role in our healing no matter the size of the wound.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“Trauma is not an artificial concept. Trauma is a very real and complex psychological and physiological phenomena studied and understood within the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and related disciplines, and it is recognized as a significant aspect of human experience.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“The stories we tell ourselves inform our emotional responses, and they can actually become mental realities.
Trauma centrality builds up our stories around unfortunate occurrences. Trauma may become our mental reality until we rewrite it, making it less prominent”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“Traumatic is whatever action, event, or circumstance has the potential to jeopardize one's life or physical/mental/social unity. An appraisal that depends on the subjectivity of each one of us.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“Anything, be it an action, event, or circumstance, is considered traumatic if it has the potential to jeopardize one's life or physical, mental, and social well-being. This assessment relies on the subjectivity of each individual.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“An event only becomes 'traumatizing' at a specific point: when we are personally affected by it—whether in actuality or perception.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“It's the person's subjective perception of danger that determines whether an incident is traumatizing or not.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“Being traumatized means operating under a new program, a maladaptive one that keeps the body anticipating danger in a very subjective way, malfunctioning, with a lack of internal equilibrium, and focused on survival.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“Traumatization can be prevented early in the process, or resolved at any point during the struggle if the one encountering or experiencing the traumatic event intervenes and regains confidence.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“Traumatization can be prevented early in the process or resolved at any point during the struggle if the individual encountering or experiencing the traumatic event intervenes and regains confidence in surviving or feeling safe.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“Fear may be more hurtful than the wounds inflicted by the very things you fear, as it shapes your responses, perpetuating the internal struggle to survive a perhaps fictitious enemy.”
― Antonieta Contreras, Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

“Margaret leaned toward her. "Marie. Remember this; time does not heal all wounds. Time seals wound. It doesn't heal them."
Marie looked into Maragret's [sic] soft face.
"Marie. Christ heals all wounds. Next week, you will not be fine, but you will be better." Margaret continued. "The most important thing here is to find Christ in this experience.”
― Kate McCord, Farewell, Four Waters: One Aid Workers Sudden Escape from Afghanistan

“..it’s critical for us to understand our trauma and live in our truth so that we can deal and heal properly.”
― Nijiama Smalls, The Black Girl's Guide to Healing Emotional Wounds

“Even children knew when they were not welcomed.”
― Yoo Heonhwa, Dungeon Defense Vol. 2

“Like a sculptor using a hammer and nail to engrave a mark on my brain.

A type of trauma was embedded.”
― Yoo Heonhwa, Dungeon Defense Vol. 2

“It can be quite challenging to constantly remind ourselves that the reality we experience is merely a construct of our own minds. Despite our efforts to ground ourselves in the present, we often find ourselves getting caught up in the illusion of this fabricated world. However, it is imperative that we do not lose sight of the fact that none of this is real. The material possessions, societal norms, and societal expectations that we often place great value on are merely man-made constructs. It is crucial to maintain a sense of detachment and perspective, and to remember that ultimately, true reality lies beyond the physical realm.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia

“Trauma has no size. Rather, trauma is like light, capable of filling the entire room regardless of its wattage.”
― Nin Mok, Suddenly Silent and Still

“To many, it might sound shocking to say you can be unforgiving, but it's true and even Proverbially encouraged—with unrepentant people and without prolonged bitterness.”
― Zara Hairston

“The person who often needs forgiveness the most amidst emotional pain is ourselves (for being foolish or feeling stupid for loving toxic people)—not the one who wounded us”
― Zara Hairston

“The person who often needs forgiveness the most amidst emotional pain is ourselves (for being foolish or feeling stupid for loving toxic people)—not the one who wounded us.”
― Zara Hairston

“Forgiveness is not a method to bypass or avoid the long and at times brutal trauma recovery process.”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms

“Many trauma survivors anxiously wait for their offender(s) to die and aren’t bothered by their death when it occurs, or they feel relieved when their offender(s) are finally gone.”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms

“It’s often oppressed trauma survivors who have led the most successful social justice movements in American history, survivors who are commonly moved by anger, resentment, and rage – not forgiveness – toward those who are responsible for this oppression and trauma,”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms

“Forgiveness has been and will continue to be used as a weapon against oppressed trauma survivors in order to maintain social inequalities, which cause further trauma.”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms

“Forgiveness should be considered an elective option – not a requirement – in trauma recovery.”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms

“Comparing your traumatic experience with another’s doesn’t make sense; if trauma were a competition, every survivor would be a winner.”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms

“Trauma is a thief. It steals our childhoods, years of our adult lives, or even
our entire lifetimes. It takes away our ability to feel connected to others, to
feel like we belong in the world, and to receive and extend love. It prevents
us from growing and thriving. It steals our relationships, work, physical
health, families, communities, spirituality, hobbies, passions, and identity.
And to add insult to injury, trauma then demands that we grieve these losses
in order to heal from them, which can feel overwhelming.”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms

“Trauma is a thief. It steals our childhoods, years of our adult lives, or even our entire lifetimes. It takes away our ability to feel connected to others, to feel like we belong in the world, and to receive and extend love. It prevents us from growing and thriving. It steals our relationships, work, physical health, families, communities, spirituality, hobbies, passions, and identity. And to add insult to injury, trauma then demands that we grieve these losses in order to heal from them, which can feel overwhelming.”
― Amanda Ann Gregory, You Don't Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms