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Trauma Quotes

Trauma Quotes

Trauma changes people -- sometimes breaking them open, sometimes breaking them down, and sometimes doing both at once. These quotes explore the dual nature of traumatic experience: its capacity to wound deeply and, with time and support, its potential to become a source of unexpected strength and understanding.

Useful for therapy reflections, personal essays, mental health awareness posts, or conversations about healing. Take a look through the collection.

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“The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect.”

— Peter A. Levine

“Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.”

— Robin Williams

“Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined.”

— Tammy Duckworth

“They say that love is blind, but it's trauma that's blind. Love sees what is.”

— Neil Strauss

“No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.”

— Alfred Adler

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