“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.”
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“Unlike other forms of psychological disorders, the core issue in trauma is reality.”
― Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society
― Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society
“If you wanted to play with fire, milady, you could have simply asked me for a kiss or three.”
― So Silver Bright
― So Silver Bright
“our pets help us through hard times. “In dark hours,” the poet W. H. Auden wrote of his dog Rolfi, “your silence may be of more help than many two-legged comforters.”
― Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet
― Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet
“Unlike simple stress, trauma changes your view of your life and yourself. It shatters your most basic assumptions about yourself and your world — “Life is good,” “I’m safe,” “People are kind,” “I can trust others,” “The future is likely to be good” — and replaces them with feelings like “The world is dangerous,” “I can’t win,” “I can’t trust other people,” or “There’s no hope.”
― Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies
― Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies
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