Quotes about post-traumatic-stress

Post-traumatic stress is a profound and often misunderstood emotional response that can follow the experience of a traumatic event. It represents a complex tapestry of emotions, including fear, anxiety, and sometimes a sense of detachment from the world. This condition can affect anyone, regardless of age or background, and it often leaves individuals grappling with memories and feelings that are difficult to process. People are drawn to quotes about post-traumatic stress because they offer a sense of understanding and solidarity. These words can provide comfort, reminding those affected that they are not alone in their struggles. Quotes can also serve as a source of inspiration, offering hope and encouragement to those on their journey toward healing. They encapsulate the resilience of the human spirit and the courage it takes to confront and overcome the shadows of the past. In a world where mental health is increasingly recognized as a crucial aspect of overall well-being, quotes about post-traumatic stress resonate deeply, offering both solace and strength to those who seek them.

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I’ve learned to lickmy own foul woundsand prize the taste of ache.
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The number seven is magical, they say. Seven years ’til our cells completely regenerate. Seven years ’til Jacob possesses Rachel, no, Leah, and seven more for Rachel. Seven days in a week. Post traumatic stress often resolves itself in toto only after seven full years have passed. Such is the case for some brain trauma patients too. Seven. It’s a number worth remembering.
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The post-traumatic shock from living in Florida never goes away, yet part of me is forever attached to that eccentric, heat-infested swamp.
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Pain only shows us we've lost something that was intimately involved in our lives. Why on earth would we do anything other than grieve, when something that was apart of us, is ripped away?
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But I think it is so important to not rush the process of grief- & I do not mean moping & wallowing. There's a difference, & often the three get mixed into the same cake & presented as- SELFISH (& often times self-inflicted) AGONY. Not the same thing.
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I know good things have happened, don't mistake an expression of pain for a lack of thankfulness.
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Support our troops!” we cry, but I say, “Love our veterans!” And when he neglects church, take him cookies anyway. Sing him a song. Pet his cat.
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God, O God, where art thou? Thou art as distant to me as the lady combing rice in the Yunnan Province of China or a piece of floating space debris circling Pegasi. In this feeling-dead world of post traumatic stress, skepticism is king, queen, and court jester.
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The unrelenting grip of Soldier’s Syndrome slips finger by slow finger. The marrow’s been affected—emotional leukemia at the deepest level. Transplants of love and friendship aid healing, yet time is still key, and the clock never ticks fast enough. Eternity gains perspective when seconds feel like years. How long have I been gone? Six eternities and counting.
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I was walking along one day and smacked into this wall called hope deferred and depression and...grief. And it wouldn't budge. After some time, I realized this darkness I'd found myself in was called grief. I'd been through so much trauma, everything about me- including my body, emotions and soul, was shutting down and going into preservation mode. I entered a season where the battle caught up with me and I realized just how badly I'd been beaten and torn up, inside and out.
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