“It is enormously difficult to organize one’s traumatic experiences into a coherent account—a narrative with a beginning, a middle, and an end.”— Bessel Van Der Kolk, amazon.com
“Perhaps meeting one predator in one lifetime is traumatizing enough. However, when there are a chain of traumas that shape your early development, this complex trauma is enough to send anyone over the edge.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Put the slut label on a working class girl, put in on a girl of color and what studies show is that girls who get defined as sluts in high school have similar PTSD symptoms to rape victims.”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“[On PTSD] It’s the most embarrassing thing a grown man can experience. It’s like having a nightmare while awake.”— Anonymous, facebook.com