Seejaal

“Hatred, I learned quickly, was the antidote to sadness. It was the only safe feeling. Hatred does not make you cry at school. It isn’t vulnerable. Hatred is efficient. It does not grovel. It is pure power.”
― Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

“تعلَّقت أنظار العازفين بعصا المايسترو الذي أشار بها لحيز "الكونترباص" فرفعت القوس ونزلت به فوق الأوتار عازفًا الاستهلال بتموجٍ متوازٍ، وسرعان ما تحوّل إلى تدرج نغميّ متصاعد ثم وضعت سحر أصابع يدها اليمنى على الأوتار وشدتها برفق لتكوّن نغمة هادئة مفعمة بالشجن تستقي هدوءها وعذوبتها من قوسي الذي ظل يعزف بتدرج شديد الحساسية، فشيَّدنا معًا المطلع الموسيقي الفريد للحن "حبيب الروح"،”
― عبد السلام إبراهيم, ميراث الشمس

“I learned two critical things that day. First: Just because the wound doesn’t hurt doesn’t mean it’s healed. If it looks good and it feels good, it should be all good, right? But over the years I’d smoothed perfect white layers of spackle over gaping structural holes. And the second thing I learned was: My parents didn’t love me.”
― Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

“Again, women who experienced childhood trauma are 80 percent more likely to experience painful endometriosis.[4] They’re much more likely to develop premenstrual dysphoric disorder. More likely to develop fibroids.[5] It may affect fertility.[6] They’re at greater risk for postpartum depression[7] and depression in menopause.[8]”
― Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma