Judith Lewis Herman quotes

After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment. (Judith Lewis Herman)
The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma. View quote
Judith Lewis Herman
Over time as most people fail the survivor's exacting test of trustworthiness, she tends to withdraw from relationships. The isolation of the survivor thus persists even after she is free. View quote
Judith Lewis Herman
... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men. View quote
Judith Lewis Herman