124 Trauma Quotes for You to Enjoy

In 'The Darkest Minds,' Zu's trauma manifests in her choosing to remain silent. It's her one small way she can feel in control of her otherwise uncontrollable situation. Alexandra Bracken

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I grew up in southern Africa but was born in England, so my family was afflicted with the stiff upper lip of the British. When coupled with the violence we saw as children, that can be a fatal combination. Fortunately, I have an outlet for trauma in my writing. Alexandra Fuller

The daily deluge of tales of lechery and trauma holds a hidden but crucial truism: sexual harassment routinely feeds on income inequality. After all, it's much harder to exploit an equal. Alissa Quart

Daily Hidden Sexual Crucial Deluge Feeds Tales Equal Inequality Truism After Holds Exploit Much Harassment Trauma Income Income Inequality Harder

As many know, brain injury comes in many forms. The two most prevalent brain injuries - stroke and trauma - affect more than 2.2 million Americans, and these numbers are expected to grow. Allyson Schwartz

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The overwhelming evidence is that trauma is a major factor in CTE. Ann McKee

Overwhelming Evidence Factor Major Trauma

I've never written a character that wasn't burdened by years of pain and trauma. Let's face it: Most comic-book heroes have some serious baggage. Not Green Arrow. He's a healthy guy - imagine that? Carrying your hero around in your head, imagining the world through his eyes, is just a hoot. Ann Nocenti

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I come from a world where the word 'trauma' doesn't exist, because we are too poor. I didn't have an easy life compared to the average European. But compared to the average African, it wasn't all that bad. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce. Barbara Ehrenreich

Great Losing Job Divorce Psychological Trauma

It's hard to talk about childhood trauma. It's hard to talk about depression. It's hard to talk about anxiety. And we thought - I wonder if we just open up our subconscious and the things that we think about and hide from people every day and just let them come out in some of these lyrics. Benji Madden

Depression Day Every Day People Anxiety Hide Thought Subconscious Every Think Our Lyrics Out Some About Open Come Talk Up Wonder Childhood Just Them Hard Trauma Things

Chronic means long term. Traumatic means associated with trauma. Encephalopathy means a bad brain. Bennet Omalu

Long Chronic Bad Long-Term Term Brain Means Trauma Traumatic Associated

At a certain point, Mike Tyson and I reacted to violence a little differently. I was afraid to leave my house for three years while he became the heavyweight champion of the world. The thing was, at first, we reacted to it the same way, and our cowardice and trauma defined us. Brin-Jonathan Butler

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As a veteran, I know firsthand the satisfaction there is in defending the democracy you so strongly believe in, but I can also attest to the trauma encountered from combat on the battlefield. Charles B. Rangel

Democracy You Veteran Believe Battlefield Strongly Combat Attest Know Also Firsthand Encountered Trauma Satisfaction Defending

I was bit by a dog when I was two years old, and it almost mauled my face. It almost killed and/or blinded me. I was this close to dying at two, which is terrible. I survived it, and there was no head trauma or anything like that. Honestly, it was a miracle. Charlie Puth

I grew up in a pretty economically safe, physically safe household, and, you know, now my life is defined by other people's trauma and by other people's emotional experience with it, and I think I'm richer for that, frankly. Chris Murphy

I literally should go to a Twitter therapist, just the 10 years of stress and trauma with this company. Chris Sacca

Stress Twitter Go Years Just Literally Should Therapist Company Trauma

Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear. Christina Baker Kline

I don't think that trauma is an illusion; there is no question in my mind that circumstances beyond our control can shape and define us. But ultimately, we make choices about letting ourselves be defined by our pasts. Christina Baker Kline

I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an emotional climate to explore a town that has experienced a trauma and a shock, and starts overreacting. Craig Brewer

Political Think Starts More Emotional Footloose Town Climate Political Climate Began Conducive Shock Get Experienced Place Again Explore Trauma Actually

Any radical change or trauma always makes for interesting subject matter, but then all stories deal, to some extent, with the disjuncture between past and present. Damon Galgut

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I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam. Daniel Pipes

I knew for years I wanted to write a novel that addressed the personal trauma of my older sister, who suffered - and still suffers - from mental illness. For a long time I imagined - and I know it's absurd - that she was an indirect casualty of the Vietnam War. David Means

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Certain people are more likely to use drugs because of whatever it is: They've suffered some trauma in their life. They have risk factors like mental illness, people with learning disabilities, with attention problems. David Sheff

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma. Deborah Norville

Grateful People Faster Recover May Trauma

Children are coming to school with trauma, everyday trauma, that they live under: violence in the homes, alcoholism in the community, unemployment that's 80 percent, not just during the recession. We need to help treat that before they can even go sit in a class and learn about math. Denise Juneau

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