Acting Out Quotes

“My grief lies all within; and these external manner of laments are merely shadows of the unseen grief that swells with silence in the tortur'd soul.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard II

“In the process of helping others, I helped myself. In acting out of my own brokeness I became whole again. It's the kind of strength and determination you find when you have hit rock bottom and you realize you could die right now - and want to, but realize that even death won't make the difference you were hoping for.”
― Christina Engela, Blachart

“I might act like a rhinoceros, but I'm a unicorn.”
― Nuno Roque

“The incest victim's need for self-punishment often leads her into self-abusive behaviors like alcoholism, drug abuse, or prostitution.”
― Susan Forward, Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and Its Devastation

“true acting out is an expression of intense underlying affects without conscious awareness of them, not just another undesirable and difficult patient behavior”
― James A. Chu, Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders

“Never act what you're Not!”
― Ramana Pemmaraju

“We are returning to the old subject; and this was to be a business talk. It is quite useless, I assure you, to tell me I might have done all sorts of things. I shall never do them now. But I may be able to help you in thinking out your plan. What is it?”
“You begin by telling me that it is useless for me to suggest anything, and then ask what I want to suggest. My plan requires your help in action, not only in thinking out.”
― E L Voynich