Post-Traumatic Quotes

“I need a T-shirt that says 'I survived the nuclear family and all I got was post-traumatic stress disorder' and then on the back it'll say 'and this lousy T-shirt.”
― Chantal V. Johnson, Post-Traumatic

“His attention gave her permission to exist. She was desperate not to lose it.”
― Chantal V. Johnson, Post-Traumatic

“No matter how happy you are, Mondays have a way of making you want to end it all.”
― Chantal V. Johnson, Post-Traumatic

“The best writing was like a good friend, in the way that it gave you permission to be yourself.”
― Chantal V. Johnson, Post-Traumatic

“writing was like a good friend, in the way that it gave you permission to be yourself. If she could do for others what these writers had done for her, these tiny moments of removing shame, she thought, then these months, then years, of doubt and struggle would be worth it.”
― Chantal V. Johnson, Post-Traumatic