Bessel van der Kolk Quotes

Trauma, by definition, is unbearable and intolerable. Most rape victims, combat soldiers, and children who have been molested become so upset when they think about what they experienced that they try to push it out of their minds, trying to act as if nothing happened, and move on. It takes tremendous energy to keep functioning while carrying the memory of terror, and the shame of utter weakness and vulnerability.

Bessel van der Kolk

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I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.

Ted Nugent
- People
- Good
- Myself
Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Frances Beinecke
- Past
- Ocean
- Creating
For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.

Patricia Briggs
- World
- Real
- Reading
Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

Taylor Dane
- Different
- Character
- Game
I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.

Natasha Richardson
- Work
- Real
- Movie
I am not in the business of suppressing books.

Salman Rushdie