Bessel van der Kolk Quotes

Beneath the surface of the protective parts of trauma survivors there exists an undamaged essence, a Self that is confident, curious, and calm, a Self that has been sheltered from destruction by the various protectors that have emerged in their efforts to ensure survival. Once those protectors trust that it is safe to separate, the Self will spontaneously emerge, and the parts can be enlisted in the healing process.

Bessel van der Kolk

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• Trauma
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• I'm confident, motivated.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Motivated
  • Confident

• John Schneider's cool. I mean, he is the epitome of cool. To be that confident without any chip on his shoulder is very hard to do, and that man just has it. To be that well-known and still be so personable and social, it's just fantastic.

  

  Randy Wayne
  • Man
  • Cool
  • Confident

• As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
  • Long
  • Now
  • Confident

• It's something I am confident about. It gives me an adrenaline rush - who wouldn't want want to wear beautiful clothes and jewellery and look wonderful - it's a dream job for many.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Job
  • Dream
  • Clothes

• I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Myself

• I am confident my Hindutva face will be an asset when dealing with foreign affairs with other nations.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Face
  • Confident
  • Hindutva

• I'm confident in the fighter I am, and I have nothing to worry about.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Worry
  • Confident
  • Fighter

• I thrive on having support around me, even if they are not actively doing something. I feel happier, more confident.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Support
  • Feel
  • Confident

• Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Up
  • War
  • Destruction

• I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Myself
  • Never
  • Confident

• Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.

  

  Walter Kaufmann
  • Faith
  • Belief
  • Confident

• Beauty is being comfortable and confident in your own skin.

  

  Iman
  • Beauty
  • Confident
  • Skin

• The official Hamas charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of the Jewish state.

  

  Aaron Klein
  • Destruction
  • Jews
  • Jewish

• After four years since the beginning of the tragedy in the Balkans, we have to recognize the painful fact that this conflict has brought nothing but grief, suffering and destruction, ... There have been no winners in this war, nor could there have been any. Everyone has lost -- the Serbs, the Croats, the Muslims and Europe as a whole.

  

  Igor Ivanov
  • War
  • Lost
  • Beginning

• Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.

  

  Umar
  • Love
  • Hate
  • For Her

• The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

  

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Die
  • Politics
  • Politician

• It's not over. I'm confident they can do it. But it's not a closed case.

  

  Dick Vitale
  • Confident
  • Case
  • Can Do

• We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions.

  

  Taiichi Ohno
  • Failure
  • Daily
  • Destruction

• If he were just able to cross everything off, he'd start to get a little cocky, I'm sure. He'd start to rush it and maybe get a little too overly confident. He still gets tossed around in the process. That's sort of to me an indication that he still has a long way to go.

  

  Jason Lee
  • Process
  • Confident
  • Cocky

• If you are feeling good, you look good, you are confident about yourself, you are going to go out there, and you will rock it.

  

  Michelle Carter
  • Feeling
  • Rock
  • Yourself

• Dear God, today I pray that I do the least amount of harm and the most amount of good. Amen.

  

  Katrina Mayer
  • Good
  • Pray
  • Most

• Beneath the surface of the protective parts of trauma survivors there exists an undamaged essence, a Self that is confident, curious, and calm, a Self that has been sheltered from destruction by the various protectors that have emerged in their efforts to ensure survival. Once those protectors trust that it is safe to separate, the Self will spontaneously emerge, and the parts can be enlisted in the healing process.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Destruction
  • Confident
  • Trauma