Bessel van der Kolk on dark
Bessel van der Kolk7 quotes“You can’t see the glory of life if you haven’t seen the dark side of life.”
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Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at ignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is played out inside. They learn to hide from their selves.
Bessel van der KolkBessel van der Kolk Trauma really does confront you with the best and the worst. You see the horrendous things that people do to each other, but you also see resiliency, the power of love, the power of caring.
Bessel van der KolkBessel van der Kolk People have a range of capacities to deal with overwhelming experience.
Bessel van der KolkBessel van der Kolk The power of commitment, the power of commitment to oneself, the knowledge that there are things that are larger than our individual survival. And in some ways, I don’t think you can appreciate the glory of life unless you also know the dark side of life
Bessel van der KolkBessel van der Kolk The single most important issue for traumatized people is to find a sense of safety in their own bodies.
Bessel van der KolkBessel van der Kolk The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski
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I feel funny about owning art. I don’t really want to say: “Wow, come and see my Monet – it’s in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.”
Baz LuhrmannBaz Luhrmann I wanted to make a massive work so as soon as Nick Mitzevich invited me I said yes straight away and began to make the work.
Ben QuiltyBen Quilty You deal with failure – strike, strike, strike – all the time. Acting is like that. You have to have a very thick skin in a way – your hair is too dark, you’re too ugly for the part, your audition wasn’t good.
Benicio Del ToroBenicio Del Toro I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
Bernie SiegelBernie Siegel The record in the Federal Court discloses that (the NCI) took sides and sought in every way to hinder, suppress and restrict…(a) treatment of cancer.
Benedict FitzgeraldBenedict Fitzgerald (It) could involve the AMA and others in an interstate conspiracy of alarming proportions.
Benedict FitzgeraldBenedict Fitzgerald Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a legal right to determine what shall be done with his own body.
Benjamin CardozoBenjamin Cardozo Public and private funds have been thrown around like confetti at a country fair, to close up and destroy clinics, hospitals, and scientific research laboratories which do not conform to the viewpoint of medical associations.
Benedict FitzgeraldBenedict Fitzgerald