We don't just "get over" or "move on" from trauma. We are forced to make space for it in our brains, our nervous systems, our organs, our muscles, our dreams. We carry it inside of us. We experience it even when we are lucky enough to sleep. We experience it in nervous system dysregulation when something in our waking hours triggers us. We learn to live with it. And, sometimes, we even thrive because of it. ~ Holly Nelson Making Space For Our Trauma Posted in What Is Trauma?Comments Off on Making Space For Our Trauma
Trauma in a person, decontextualized over time, looks like personality. Trauma in a family, decontextualized over time, looks like family traits. Trauma in people, decontextualized over time, looks like culture. ~ Resmaa Menakem Trauma Over Time Posted in What Is Trauma?Comments Off on Trauma Over Time
When it comes to injustice, silence is not a virtue. Silence is a double vice, compounded because it contains both indifference to the victims, and complicity with the destroyers. ~ Diane Langberg, PhD Silence Is Not A Virtue Posted in What Is Trauma?Comments Off on Silence Is Not A Virtue
Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way, and is experienced as overwhelming. ~ Stephanie S. Covington Trauma Is Any Stressor Posted in What Is Trauma?Comments Off on Trauma Is Any Stressor
All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma. ~ Kazuo Ishiguro All Children Posted in What Is Trauma?Comments Off on All Children
