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Trauma Response Quotes

“Maybe - you didn't have so much control over your life as a kid. So, to avoid disappointment, you learned never to ask yourself what you truly wanted.”

Desire Disappointment Trauma Healing Trauma Survivors Trauma Response

Book:Beach Read

Source: Beach Read

“I've been on the very top. I've been as happy as a man can be. I've had the greatest joys. The greatest friends. I've had victories and I've had....love. And then...something happens. You lose something or...someone or...and there it is again. I'm there again. Mother's tangled. Father's yelling. I'm ten and I'm on my damn knees. And I'm scared out of my damn mind. And feeling that, I say...I become...something, I do things....I'm not...I am myself. But I'm not what I want to be or what I should be. I'm scared. And I'll do anything to get out of the fright.”

Fear Trauma Ptsd Batman Complex Trauma Cptsd Fight Or Flight Trauma Response

Book:Batman, Vol. 8: Cold Days

Source: Batman, Vol. 8: Cold Days

“One of the greatest threats to the well-being of Black women is not recognizing behaviors as trauma responses, because it keeps us trapped in a dangerous cycle of self-harm. We are definitely susceptible to this when our trauma responses coincide with practices that we value and honor, and that we are praised and celebrated for in culture and music.”

Healing Trauma Black Women Healing Trauma Response

Author:Shanita Hubbard

“He’s still in shock, but sooner or later, his trauma will catch up to him, and the anger will surface. Better we allow him to purge it in a way that brings him closure, than let it simmer beneath the surface and poison him.”

Therapy Poison Shock Closure Solution Sex Work Trauma Response

Book:Across an Endless Sea

Source: Across an Endless Sea

“When we resist the urge to respond impulsively, and plant ourselves in our center as opposed to grasping at straws outside ourselves, we tap into a wellspring of inner fortitude. Such mindful silence allows us to detach from the heat of the moment and respond with clarity rather than reactivity. Choosing silence more and more, we lose less and less energy to ‘dumb shit,’ as I like to say, while intelligently reclaiming our power faster and faster.”

Relationships Empowerment Personal Power Conflict Resolution Fight Or Flight Power Of Silence Triggering Personal Boundaries Reactivity Trauma Response

Book:Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

Source: Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality