Quotes by Trauma Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence. Peter A. Levine sentence fact trauma life The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect. Peter A. Levine both destroy trauma power Whether trauma will be a cruel and punishing Gorgon or a vehicle for soaring to the heights of transformation and mastery depends upon how we approach it. Peter A. Levine heights will trauma transformation Abortions can be, and frequently are, traumatizing, as are other invasive surgeries performed to the sexual and internal organs. All or any of these 'violations' can cause loss of vitality, diminished capacity for erotic connection and pleasure, and other symptoms of trauma. Peter A. Levine connection trauma pleasure loss Vietnam and Iraq are part of the same national trauma and delusion; we folded the war up when Reagan became president and unpacked it with Bush. David Means same trauma president war I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore. Tarana Burke anymore trauma grounded joy I did have imprinted on me the idea of trauma that changes things dramatically and suddenly. As a writer, I return to that again and again because it fascinates me, and it's where I come from, in a sense. Ann Packer changes things me trauma The overwhelming evidence is that trauma is a major factor in CTE. Ann McKee factor major trauma evidence My greatest hope is that we learn how trauma induces neurodegeneration in susceptible individuals. Ann McKee learn how trauma hope Chronic means long term. Traumatic means associated with trauma. Encephalopathy means a bad brain. Bennet Omalu bad trauma brain long I have not changed my opinion that the Holocaust is a trauma of European civilization. Imre Kertesz trauma holocaust opinion civilization A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they've trusted take responsibility, and that is what's toxic. Hannah Gadsby trauma responsibility hands people There are the medical dangers of football in general caused by head trauma over repetitive hits. H. G. Bissinger head trauma medical football I would have liked to be on the streets of Manhattan during 9/11. My working theory is that people are much kinder to each other in times of trauma than we tend to portray in our stories. Claire Cameron trauma streets theory people I'd say that the only trauma I've suffered was existential. Yossi Ghinsberg say only trauma existential «123