Quotes about Traumatic

Men and women who have served in harm's way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Votes: 4

My Miracle, living through a Traumatic brain Injury Votes: 3

Traumatic events always happen exactly two years before I reach the maturity level to deal with them. Votes: 3

You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are. Votes: 3

Most people may not realize the tremendous value that therapy/companion/comfort animals have for the purposes of easing the suffering of those with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), particularly within the military. Votes: 3

I have also Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and I wouldn't have survived that if not for music. So I think for me, music was a soothing thing and it was also a place where you could say all the stuff that you couldn't say anywhere else. Votes: 3

Having a bad haircut can be quite traumatic! Votes: 2

You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children. Votes: 2

Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don't realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years. Votes: 2

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted. Votes: 2

When you go through a traumatic event, there's a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of loss of self-esteem. That can become debilitating. Votes: 2

In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of its implications. Votes: 2

My dad took me to my first movie. It was 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952, a movie of such scale it was actually a traumatic experience. Votes: 2

I lost my daughter at 21. I had to give her up because I was broke, no place to take her, no money to take her. That was very traumatic. Votes: 2

A lot of times when you go through a very traumatic situation and it's emotionally difficult to deal with you come back spiritually stronger. It changes you in a way. Votes: 2

The results of any traumatic experience, such as abuse, can only be resolved by experiencing, articulating, and judging every facet of the original experience within a process of careful therapeutic disclosure. Votes: 2

In most organizations, change comes in only two flavors: trivial and traumatic. Review the history of the average organization and you'll discover long periods of incremental fiddling punctuated by occasional bouts of frantic, crisis-driven change. Votes: 2

I mean, they call it Stockholm Syndrome and post traumatic stress disorder. And, you know, I had no free will. I had virtually no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks. Votes: 2

Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often, these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them. Votes: 2

Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down and inside out and just knocked the wind out of me. But I got so much out of that. Votes: 2

Having blown up my own long-term marriage via an extramarital affair, followed by a traumatic divorce, I tend to think of love as less a gently glowing hearth than a set of flaming train tracks you strap yourself onto. Votes: 2

As the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of former players, the risk of what's known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is becoming clear. Votes: 2

Suffering is traumatic and awful and we get angry and we shake our fists at the heavens and we vent and rage and weep. But in the process we discover a new tomorrow, one we never would have imagined otherwise. Votes: 2

About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way to the fires account for about half. The other half are traumatic deaths while fighting fires. Votes: 2

The first thing you should know about me is when I was three years old my mother left me and my father. And that was traumatic obviously for my father - he suffered a nervous breakdown at that time in his life. Votes: 2

Post traumatic stress disorder starts out with nightmares, flashbacks and actually reliving the event. And this happens over and over and over and over in your mind. If you let it go on, it can become chronic and become hard if not impossible to treat. Votes: 2

It's traumatic to meditate on the availability of information through the Internet, or the way we perceive the world as a result. People don't experience things totally or viscerally anymore. It's all through representation, be it a record on YouTube or a post on a blog. Votes: 2

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497. Votes: 2

When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic. Votes: 2

I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence. Votes: 2

When people endure a traumatic event, they are either defeated or made stronger. On Sept. 11, I told New Yorkers, 'I want you to emerge stronger from this.' My words were partially a hope and partially an observation that people in New York City handle big things better than little things. I could not be more proud of the way my city responded. Votes: 2

Changing my name was traumatic for me. Votes: 0

The holiness of God is traumatic to unholy people. Votes: 0

Post-traumatic shock,' said Shaun. 'He thinks he's a boa constrictor. Votes: 0

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Votes: 0

Nothing like a little post-traumatic stress disorder to make your day complete. Votes: 0

I think many writers really believe that being published is a traumatic experience. Votes: 0

Trying to conserve a privileged global position makes change traumatic for the US. Votes: 0

I had post-traumatic amnesia, five-second memory, it happens as a result of brain injury. Votes: 0

Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries. Votes: 0

I always remember my childhood as traumatic, for various reasons; I always felt alienated, outside. Votes: 0

The portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder and things like that felt really big and important. Votes: 0

Liberals retain a totemic attachment to the Freudian idea that traumatic toilet training is destiny. Votes: 0

We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture. Votes: 0

The experience is no longer traumatic; the response of most women to the experience is relief. Votes: 0

I was in analysis for years because of a traumatic childhood; I was breast-fed through falsies. Votes: 0

The more traumatic events you endure with the city, the more of a New Yorker you become. Votes: 0

All those horrible, traumatic years I spent as a kid became what I draw from creatively today. Votes: 0

Just because one person's problem is less traumatic than another's doesn't mean they're required to hurt less Votes: 0

As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself. Votes: 0

Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures. Votes: 0

I have friends with post-traumatic stress - friends with post-traumatic stress who are, you know, highly successful, capable people. Votes: 0

Work did bestow dignity, status, meaning. Wasn't that why people dreaded unemployment, why some men found retirement so traumatic? Votes: 0

It's pretty traumatic knowing that your instrument that's your career isn't working, and you've got to have an operation. Votes: 0

I think the violence in 'The Hills Have Eyes' and 'High Tension' is much more traumatic than 'Piranha.' Votes: 0

The loss of my father was the most traumatic event in my life - I can't forget the pain. Votes: 0

Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it. Votes: 0

Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic. Votes: 0

If you know that you have had countless lives, then what happens in this life is not quite as traumatic. Votes: 0

When my father died, I was living in England. It was very traumatic that he died when I was away. Votes: 0

My brother is a doctor and he will take care of post-traumatic stress. I think he'll do it for free. Votes: 0

Our lives are determined less by our childhood than by the traumatic way we have learned to remember our childhoods. Votes: 0

I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life. Votes: 0

Empire' was a very traumatic experience for me. It was very schizophrenic, and it wasn't what I expected it to be. Votes: 0

I went underground. So I didn't see [my father] for 11 years. So that was pretty traumatic time for my parents for sure. Votes: 0

There are so many things in human living that we should regard not as traumatic learning but as incomplete learning, unfinished learning. Votes: 0

The backlash to [Sarah] Palin`s comments was swift, with veterans and veterans` groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder. Votes: 0

I believe in poetry as a way of surviving the emotional chaos, spiritual confusions, and traumatic events that come with being alive. Votes: 0

Oftentimes things that seem really difficult and traumatic in the short term seem a lot less difficult and traumatic in the long term. Votes: 0

After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment. Votes: 0

Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth, and development. Votes: 0

Her [Sarah Palin] son went to Iraq under George W. Bush, but it gives us a chance to explain what post-traumatic stress disorder is. Votes: 0

It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there. Don't move. Votes: 0

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder. Votes: 0

I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic. Votes: 0

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option. Votes: 0

I think if we really break it down and talk about post-traumatic stress disorder, it`s very different than the way Sarah Palin explained it. Votes: 0

Nature has a way of deadening us to traumatic events, until we're ready to deal with it. And once you do, it's a volcanic reaction. Votes: 0

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. Votes: 0

Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art. Votes: 0

A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives. Votes: 0

The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation with Communists in united fronts. Votes: 0

When you have a traumatic event in your life, you change. You're not the same person you were, and you have to discover who you've become. Votes: 0

Mine was quite a working-class childhood with very little money, and my father was out of work a couple of times, which had quite a traumatic effect. Votes: 0

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress. Votes: 0

People can have a variety of concerns at the same time. Even those undergoing grave or traumatic experiences will acknowledge the need for lightness or even entertainment. Votes: 0

After all, how many of us had tried to forget something traumatic...only to find it printed on the back of our eyelids, tattooed on our tongues? Votes: 0

I don't have concussion problems. I have got a problem with people giving me traumatic blows to the head, that's what I have got a problem with. Votes: 0

The thing about post-traumatic stress disorder, we know about one in five, about 20 percent of individuals that are exposed to a direct traumatic stress will develop this disorder. Votes: 0

I felt that that experience, because of the responsible nature that I found I acted all during that traumatic time, that I felt that I was a man. Votes: 0

The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime. Votes: 0

I love when people are resilient and when they form ways of dealing with grief or dealing with some traumatic episode, and sometimes those are the wrong choices. Votes: 0

Symptoms like anxiety, depression, aggression, alcohol or drug use, are responses to physical and emotional pain that has its roots in traumatic experiences from childhood and later in life. Votes: 0

It's worth knowing more about the complicated environmental and genetic factors that could explain why traumatic brain injuries lead to long-term disabilities in some people and not in others. Votes: 0

We can honor our emotions after any traumatic event by moving through the experience centered in the heart with the goal of reaching the light on the other side. Votes: 0

I have this helicopter crash, and I fall in love with this man who was in the crash with me. I must have been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Votes: 0

Everyone gets wounded in this world and everyone has within them some golden qualities that can serve to heal the wounds of time and the traumatic effects of human tragedy. Votes: 0

I think I started realizing I was losing my hair when I was in Illinois. And it was traumatic. It was not something I had figured on in my life. Votes: 0

People are giving birth underwater now. They say it's less traumatic for the baby because it's under water. But it's certainly more traumatic for the other people in the pool. Votes: 0

I was shocked [of Sarah Palin ], because beating up, you know, your girlfriend, your spouse, or acts of violence aren`t one of the core symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Votes: 0

Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity. Votes: 0

The early years of my life were very, very traumatic. It was scary, because any child knew that death was sort of lurking around Europe as far as Jews were concerned. Votes: 0

There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, 'Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?' Votes: 0

All we can do now is try to prevent secondary damage by relieving pressure on the brain caused by the initial injury. There is no reparative treatment for traumatic brain injury. Votes: 0

There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens up that strange dynamic that's involved in romantic love. Votes: 0

For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election. Votes: 0

I have always believed that, in a story, if something traumatic or calamitous enough happens to a kid at a formative age, that will make him or her the adult they become. Votes: 0

I thought, I might not look my best, I've forgotten half the words to my songs and I'm suffering from post-traumatic stress, but I've just got to get out there and do it. Votes: 0

In the comic-book lore, of course, you mutate post a traumatic event. You must have the mutant gene, but if something traumatic happens to you, usually at puberty, then that mutation manifests itself. Votes: 0

I am not aware, however, that patients suffering from traumatic neurosis are much occupied in their waking lives with memories of their accident. Perhaps they are more concerned with not thinking of it. Votes: 0

In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come. Votes: 0

Sarah Palin, suggesting her son`s arrest on domestic violence charges was a result of post-traumatic stress disorder and partially due to President Obama`s lack of respect for men and women in uniform. Votes: 0

When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic those experiences may be to the participant, to the onlooker they're hilarious. Votes: 0

Part of what makes a situation traumatic is not talking about it. Talking reduces trauma symptoms. When we don't talk about trauma, we remain emotionally illiterate. Our most powerful feelings go unnamed and unspoken. Votes: 0

More than 35 percent of the children exposed to a single traumatic event will develop serious mental health problems .. The real crisis of Katrina is the hundreds of thousands of ravaged, displaced and traumatized children. Votes: 0

The Republican Party, I really believe, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from years and years of bullying and taunting. The Republican Party is Jonathan Martin. The Democrat Party and the media are Richie Incognito. Votes: 0

Virtual simulations allow post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers to re-experience the events that traumatized them, and then slowly desensitize themselves to their impact through repeated recreations involving not just sight and sound but even smell. Votes: 0

Everyone who lives in an industrialized society is obliged gradually to give up the past, but in certain countries, such as the United States and Japan, the break with the past has been particularly traumatic. Votes: 0

Post-traumatic stress disorder didn't surface as a condition until 1980... that fact was very relevant when I remember back to how these men behaved. A lot of walking on eggshells was required for wives and children. Votes: 0

Natalie Bakopoulos has that rare gift, the ability to imagine a traumatic historical event in the form of individual lives and ordinary details. The Green Shore is compelling, personal, and full of quietly real moments, Votes: 0