PTSD nightmares aren't always exact replays of the event. Sometimes they replay the emotions you felt during the event, such as fear, helplessness, and sadness.

Alice Cariv

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Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams healing can begin.

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The goal of recovery is not to become normal. The goal is to embrace the human vocation of becoming more deeply, more fully human.

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Stop being tormented by everyone else's reaction to you.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

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