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“The most common emotional defense is avoidance (an ineffective coping skill for any stressor) as expressed through denial (e.g., "That wasn't really bad, I barely remember it").”
― Brian Luke Seaward, Managing Stress in Emergency Medical Services: .

“Dissociation can enable us to withstand pain and loss under which we would otherwise break. It enables us to survive and pull through. But, a habit of continual dissociation – especially after the trauma has passed – leads to the shut-in feeling I was experiencing. While I imagined I was being strong in the face of pain, in reality, I was merely hiding.”
― Sarah Hackley, Women Will Save the World

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Romans 12:19
King James Version

What most people don’t seem to understand is that sometimes, He subcontracts the work!

Detective-Investigator Louis Martelli,
NYPD”
― Theodore Jerome Cohen, Night Shadows

“Dissociative parts of the personality are not actually separate identities or personalities in one body, but rather parts of a single individual that are not yet functioning together in a smooth, coordinated, flexible way. P14”
― Suzette Boon, Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists