Bessel van der Kolk Quotes

Whose memories were merely blunted, not integrated as an event that happened in the past, and still caused considerable anxiety—those who received EMDR no longer experienced the distinct imprints of the trauma: It had become a story of a terrible event that had happened a long time ago.

Bessel van der Kolk

• Memories
• Anxiety
• Event
• Trauma

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• My brain is so anxiety-prone, like a pinball machine. If I don't get up in the morning and focus my thinking, my breathing, and my being for about 12 minutes, I'm just a screwball all day long.

  

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• Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.

  

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• I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.

  

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• Growing up in Poland, I didn't have the experience of going to Disneyland as a child, so I don't have any childhood memories connected to it, good or bad.

  

  Abel Korzeniowski
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• On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems 'Native Guard.' I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
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• I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't.

  

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• My personal memories of the brand go way back to the time when I was a teenager. L'Oreal make-up felt like a real luxury for me, and I remember dreaming of purchasing a L'Oreal lipstick.

  

  Irina Shayk
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• The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.

  

  Salvador Dali
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• I have bizarre anxiety about being in a city - I have no idea who I am or where I am.

  

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• What else does anyone have except for a collection of slightly painful memories?

  

  Ed Weeks
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• Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.

  

  Samuel Beckett
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• Helpless lust and unreasoning anxiety were just part of growing up.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
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• You'll be loved you'll be loved Like you never have known The memories of me Will seem more like bad dreams Just a series of blurs Like I never occurred Someday you will be loved

  

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• ..the function of art work is.. ..the renewal of memories of moments of perfection.

  

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• I don't miss the limelight, not at all. I'm just more comfortable out of it. I don't miss 'Monday Night Football.' I just don't miss it. I'm lucky. When I stopped playing, I didn't miss it. I feel blessed that it's not been a problem. I have great memories. I feel really lucky.

  

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• My earliest memories of holidays are from when I was about eight. We lived in Pennsylvania, and every year we'd visit Miami.

  

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• I've been lucky to be a part of many blockbuster movies... in which it's hard to get to that level of being memorable, but I still have fond memories of 'Independence Day,' to be sure. There are also many small ones I've had that give me many fond memories.

  

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• My first Ramones show was at a small club in Columbus, Ohio, in 1978. It was a transformative experience, even though my memories are a little blurry, since someone kicked me in the head halfway through the show, probably during 'Beat on the Brat.'

  

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• 'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals... But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed OUT of the Stone Age.

  

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• Leadership is a choice, not a position

  

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• Whose memories were merely blunted, not integrated as an event that happened in the past, and still caused considerable anxiety—those who received EMDR no longer experienced the distinct imprints of the trauma: It had become a story of a terrible event that had happened a long time ago.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Memories
  • Anxiety
  • Event