Quotes tagged ‘Trauma’

“i still tiptoe around myself a bit. i still only go in calf-deep much of the time when really, i could be fucking around with the abandon of a child.”

— Rosemary Donahue, rosemarydonahue.substack.com

“We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look…”

— Fran Walsh, Hayes, Evan Parke, imdb.com

“After administering several courses of electric shock, the researchers opened the doors of the cages and then shocked the dogs again. A group of control dogs who had never been shocked before immediately ran away, but the dogs who had earlier been subjected to inescapable shock made no attempt to fl…”

— Bessel Van Der Kolk, amazon.com

“Maybe I am this way because I was molested and raped when I was younger.”

— Bella Thorne, latimes.com

“They clearly wish these things hadn’t happened to them. But if they must be here, recounting private traumas for an often critical public, they want you to know it could just have easily been you.”

— Katie Heaney, thecut.com

“If trauma is left untreated, it can impact your physical health. In other words, if you’ve survived a traumatic incident, ignoring mental health treatment can negatively impact your body.”

— Danielle Corcione, teenvogue.com

“Do you know what it's like for survivors? Do you know what it's like to tell people?”

— Lady GaGa, buzzfeednews.com

“To hold the truth within me that some things are so sad and wrong and unanswerable that the question must simply stand alone like a spear in the mud.”

— Cheryl Strayed, therumpus.net

“Trauma is another way to install a new behavior. We learn things instantly all the time.”

— Karen Hand,

“I, too, have loved men who named my mouth ashtray, mistook me for a place to leave burning things when they were done.”

— Brenna Twohy, resistancewords.wordpress.com

“Trauma lives in the sea of my body, awash in the waters of forgetting.”

— Natasha Trethewey, amazon.com

“The true ending to my story will be when my traumas find a purpose — specifically, helping others who are going through their own trauma and feeling hopeless and alone.”

— Melissa Lafsky, medium.com

“Matt Cavanaugh: Jack, I know when Kim died you took it hard. I know she was more than a cop to you. I know that. I had to make sure you were okay. Jake Hale: Okay. So did I pass?”

— Luke Schelhaas, Lt. Matt Cavanaugh, Chi McBride, imdb.com

“Marty Manning: Well let's start with the basics... I did have a bad childhood. Special Agent Rebecca Locke: No, that's just not it. There's one side you like about yourself. But the other you don't, that's why every time you kill one of those people... you're like killing yourself.”

— Rob Pearlstein, Special Agent Rebecca Locke, Rachel Nichols, imdb.com

“I am so tired of this constant parade of pain.”

— Alexandra Petri, washingtonpost.com

“Dr. Ana Stelline: [crying] Someone lived this, yeah. It happened. [pause] 'K': I know what's real. [pause] 'K': I know what's real. [pause] 'K': GOD! DAMN IT! [throws chair]”

— Hampton Fancher, Michael Green, K, Ryan Gosling, imdb.com

“To look into the eyes of a vulnerable person is to see yourself as you might be. It’s a more harrowing experience than one might readily admit.”

— Elizabeth Bruenig, washingtonpost.com

“Captain Flint: You were right. About the toll it took. Playing this... part. Losing Miranda. The... things that losing Miranda drove me to. So, I know what you're feeling at the moment. John Silver: I perceived its effects on you. What I assumed was sorrow, loneliness, and, most of all, terror at th…”

— Marc Berzenski, Josh Rothenberger, John Silver, Luke Arnold, imdb.com

“The problem with the prettification of mental illness is just how out-of-kilter it is with reality. It’s almost suggested as a desirable character trait for women to have.”

— Rhiannon Picton-James, nytimes.com

“Abby: Did you traumatize him? Ray: I sure fucking hope so.”

— Sean Conway, David Hollander, imdb.com