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“Sometimes we encounter experiences that so violate our sense of safety, order, predictability, and right, that we feel utterly overwhelmed—unable to integrate, and simply unable to go on as before.
Unable to bear reality.
We have come to call these shattering experiences trauma.
None of us is immune to them.”
—Stephen Cope
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My two cents: Trauma does need our approval to take over daily life.
PTSD does not improve over time, it grows stronger as it ages.
The more we think about it, the stronger our symptoms become.
Our goal is to starve trauma.
I learned to deal with chronic pain by giving it no attention.
PTSD needs the same attention to survive.
Attention is the fuel.
Starve it.
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PTSD - A Way Out.com 