“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body. This imprint has ongoing consequences for how the human organism manages to survive in the present.” MindPsychologyMental HealthTraumaPtsd Author:Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
“...he realized they had stumbled upon the gravest and most costly public health issue in the [US]: child abuse. He had calculated that its overall costs exceeded those of cancer or heart disease and that eradicating child abuse in America would reduce the overall rate of depression by more than half, alcoholism by two-thirds, and suicide, IV drug use, and domestic violence by three quarters. It would also have a dramatic effect on workplace performance and vastly decrease the need for incarceration.” Psychology Book:Bertram The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Paperback – 8 September 2015 Source: Bertram The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Paperback – 8 September 2015
“Trauma changes people. In fact, they are no longer themselves. It is excruciatingly difficult to put that feeling of no longer being yourself in words.” PsychologyTrauma Book:Body Keeps The Score Source: Body Keeps The Score
“If the people whom you naturally turn to for care and protection reject you, you learn to shut down and to ignore how you feel.” PsychologyTrauma Book:Body Keeps The Score Source: Body Keeps The Score