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Trauma Quotes
On pain, grief, and quiet healing.
These trauma quotes range from existential struggle to grief following the loss of someone close. For related emotional depth, see our Grow quotes.
- Last Updated on Jul 30, 2026
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd say that the only trauma I've suffered was existential.
- Nov 07, 2020
The establishment of Israel was accompanied by much pain and suffering and a real trauma for the Palestinians.
- Paradox
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- Nov 07, 2020
The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Abortions can be, and frequently are, traumatizing, as are other invasive surgeries performed to the sexual and internal organs. All or any of these 'violations' can cause loss of vitality, diminished capacity for erotic connection and pleasure, and other symptoms of trauma.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn't become scarier over the years; it had become more normal.
- Returning
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Trauma is not the sole province of victims. If that were true, soldiers returning from Afghanistan wouldn't suffer from PTSD.
- Holocaust
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have not changed my opinion that the Holocaust is a trauma of European civilization.
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- Nov 07, 2020