“I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing to remember.” ChildrenFactsRememberProcessMemoriesHealingWillingTraumaBlockHealing Process Book:The Boy on Cinnamon Street Source: The Boy on Cinnamon Street
“Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after the end of war, but women who hope for healing can and do move forward.” LongWarEndsMovingTermHealingIssuesConflictTraumaDecadesMoving ForwardLong TermSurvivedRemindersHauntingHealth IssuesArmed Conflict Author:Zainab Salbi
“Danced healing rituals (in African village compounds, temple courtyards, dance-therapy studios, public theaters, and other social settings) reinvoke old traumas for exorcism and the transformation of fear, convince people that evil is gone or possible to dissipate, and reaffirm communal solidarity and a sense of well-being.” PeopleWellsEvilSocialHealingGoneTransformationTheaterStudiosTraumaSettingSettingsWell BeingTherapyConvinceTemplesVillageRitualSolidarityCompoundsExorcism Book:Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress Source: Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress
“If you have a chance to see Children Of War, you can watch expert trauma counselors try to help bring healing to young people who have experienced atrocities in conflict.” PeopleIfsTryingChildrenWarHelpingYoungChanceHealingWatchesConflictTraumaExpertsAtrocitiesCounselor Author:Mitali Perkins
“Most people do not benefit from psychoanalysis because the trauma lies not in this life but in a past life.” PeoplePastLyingHealingBenefitsTraumaThis LifePsychoanalysisPast Life Author:Alexander Cannon
“You can always accuse my records of being harrowing or dark or bleak. There is processing of trauma on my records and they contain a lot of healing. As a person who has been watching other's rage for years, instead of having my own tantrums, I keep the feelings inside until I can find a way of making them into music. The songs are like healing spells and it really works for me. When I really do a good job on a song, it gets rid of a weight. As far as hope goes, there is hope that you can heal through processing stuff and make it through to the other side. That's all I can hope for.” FeelingsSongDarkHealingTraumaRageHealGood JobBleakThere Is Hope Author:Erika M. Anderson
“Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey.” ArtHappensThreeHealingJourneyTraumaHealedTherapeuticCathartic Author:Alanis Morissette
“I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good chiropractors, really good massage therapists, and what I found is I've been able to actually peel off layers of trauma on my body and actually move better now than I did.” BodyHandsAbleMovingFoundStuffHealingYogaTraumaLayersTherapistsMassageBetter NowMassage Therapists Author:Ricky Williams
“Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John” ProcessHealingDoorsTraumaGentleContrastClosingSlamHealing Process Author:J.R. Ward
“I've seen people recover physical abilities, yet never get over emotional trauma after a serious accident. I've seen other people overcome the psychological and emotional trauma of a serious illness even though they may never fully regain their physical capabilities. Which is the greater healing? Which is the better recovery? If I had the option of choosing between a mediocre life with eyesight or the life I have today, even though I am blind, I'd stay blind and keep the life I have.” PeopleIfsMayTodayAbilityHealingGreaterEmotionalSeriousOvercomingBlindIllnessTraumaAccidentsRecoveryPsychologicalCapabilityMediocreGet OverEyesightPhysical AbilitySerious IllnessEmotional TraumaMediocre Life Author:Jim Stovall
“I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that trauma is curable, but that the healing process can be a catalyst for profound awakening - a portal opening to emotional and genuine spiritual transformation. I have little doubt that as individuals, families, communities, and even nations, we have the capacity to learn how to heal and prevent much of the damage done by trauma. In so doing, we will significantly increase our ability to achieve both our individual and collective dreams.” BelieveHumansLittlesDoneDreamSpiritualIndividualI BelieveNationsProcessBornCommunityHuman BeingsAbilityHealingDoubtAchieveEmotionalCapacityIncreaseTransformationProfoundTraumaAwakeningGenuineHealOpeningConclusionTriumphDamageCollectivesInnateCatalystPortalSpiritual TransformationHealing Process Author:Peter A. Levine
“Sometimes healing comes after helping someone that is going through the same trauma you went through. Help yourself by helping others.” SometimesHelpingHealingTraumaHelping OthersTeensHelp YourselfHelping Someone Author:Ace Antonio Hall
“The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They may never disappear in the way we think they should, but maybe they don’t need to. Trauma is an ineradicable aspect of life. We are human as a result of it, not in spite of it.” ThinkingWayNeedsShouldHumansMayFacesResultsHealingKeysAspectTraumaDisappearSpiteWillingnessPrimitiveAspects Of Life Author:Mark Epstein