Psychological Trauma Quotes

• The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma.

  Judith Lewis Herman

  Events, Denial, Conflict

  "Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror". Book by Judith Lewis Herman, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 11, 1992.

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• Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.

  Graydon Carter

  Long, Water, Brain

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• A return to the 1967 lines and the abandonment of the settlements near Jerusalem would be such a psychological trauma for Israel as to endanger its survival.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Israel, Survival, Would Be

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• The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce. It creates a lot of anger and emotional hardship. People may become quite depressed.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Jobs, Divorce, Emotional

  "Bait and Switch". Interview with April Dembosky, www.motherjones.com. September 9, 2005.

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• Intense asana practice - too much, too soon - can have detrimental effects. It can also promote a dissociation from the personal sensitivity and self awareness that I am trying to encourage. I don't want to contribute to furthering physical or psychological trauma.

  James Fox

  Self, Practice, Trying

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