4,066 Quotes About Healing

Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John

I will take away your means of escape.

Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.

Forgetting was not the same as healing.

If we could know the nature of our fear and where it originates, maybewe could stop shaming ourselves for being afraid and find a way forward.

She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to find out why." Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to: it's too painful to believe that their parents would do such a thing.

My heart will still ache sometimes. Maybe more often than not. I think it's possible to be healed without feeling whole.

Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74)

When you notice someone does something toxic the first time, don't wait for the second time before you address it or cut them off. Many survivors are used to the "wait and see" tactic which only leaves them vulnerable to a second attack. As your boundaries get stronger, the wait time gets shorter. You never have justify your intuition.