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Trauma causes us to have an internal experience that is frightening, angry, and shameful. When we feel threatened, as we do when we are traumatized, our entire organism is geared up to find the source of that threat and to do something about it.
Peter A. Levine
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"Trauma causes us to have an internal experience that is frightening, angry, and shameful. When we feel threatened, as we do when we are traumatized, our entire organism is geared up to find the source of that threat and to do something about it."
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Trauma causes us to have an internal experience that is frightening, angry, and shameful. When we feel threatened, as we do when we are traumatized, our entire organism is geared up to find the source of that threat and to do something about it. — Peter A. Levine

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Peter A. Levine was a Psychologist from United States (1942–present).

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This quote is attributed to Peter A. Levine, a Psychologist from United States.
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Peter A. Levine lived from 1942 – present.