Quotes tagged ‘Dissociation’

(3 total)

“If you need me, I'll be creating an imaginary world just to stay alive.”

“Chic: We’ll start with why I webcam. One of the reasons is to make money. The other reason is...to escape. Betty: To pretend to be someone else. Chic: Yes, but...more than that...it’s a way of getting away from the darkness I feel inside me too.”

— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Charles "Chic" Smith, Hart Denton, imdb.com

“Dissociation is the essence of trauma. The overwhelming experience is split off and fragmented, so that the emotions, sounds, images, thoughts, and physical sensations related to the trauma take on a life of their own.”

— Bessel Van Der Kolk, amazon.com