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Shahida Arabi

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Bestselling Author. Content Writer for Thought Catalog. Quotes about empowerment, healing, victory.
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800 quotes curated by Shahida Arabi:

“Hanna, the last word a guy wants a girl to describe him with is 'sweet.'”
— Caleb Rivers, Pretty Little Liars, Season 3: Kingdom of the Blind
Tagged: Masculinity, sweet, Guy, Girl
“You're not paranoid if someone's really out to get you.”
— Emily Fields, Pretty Little Liars, Season 3: Kingdom of the Blind
Tagged: Paranoia, Intuition
“You have all the subtlety of a hand grenade.”
— Spencer Hastings, Pretty Little Liars, Season 3: Kingdom of the Blind
Tagged: The Art of Subtlety
“When do you give yourself permission to lose control?”
— Shahida Arabi, 111 Loaded Questions That Reveal Someone’s Biggest Insecurities, Vulnerabilities And Emotional Baggage
Tagged: Loaded Questions, Quote of the Moment
“Walker states that for people with Complex PTSD, individuals develop four “F” responses when they are triggered by emotional flashbacks: they may fight, flee, fawn (seek to please) or freeze. These responses are protective, but they may end up further harming the survivor because the survivor might fail to enforce their boundaries or may use excessive force in protecting themselves.”
— Shahida Arabi, PTSD And Complex PTSD: What Happens When You’ve Lived In A Psychological War Zone
Tagged: PTSD, Complex PTSD, The Four F Responses, Trauma, Effects of Trauma, Self-Defense Mechanisms, Fight or Flight, Fawn or Freeze
“So if you encounter someone with Avoidant Personality Disorder, you’re likely to see how much more massive their anxiety and social inhibition is, than say, a person who is “just” anxious. This isn’t just someone who gets easily drained by other people (as many introverts do) or avoids interactions with potentially toxic people.”
— Shahida Arabi, What Avoidant Personality Disorder Really Is, And What To Know If You Think You Have It
Tagged: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Social Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD, Highly Sensitive People, Avoiding Toxic People, Different Reasons for Similar Behavior, Introversion, Introversion vs. Avoidant PD
“There is overlap between some of the symptoms of this disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder, symptoms of trauma, PTSD or Complex PTSD as well as a host of other mental health issues. It is thought that Avoidant Personality Disorder and social anxiety itself can also be caused by trauma. It also overlaps with certain withdrawal behaviors of being a highly sensitive person.”
— Shahida Arabi, What Avoidant Personality Disorder Really Is, And What To Know If You Think You Have It
Tagged: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Social Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD, Highly Sensitive People
“I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia.”
— Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
Tagged: Insomnia, Dark Love
“'You are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.”
— Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
Tagged: Authenticity, Terribly Real, Quote of the Moment, Being Sane In An Insane World
“Thinking introversion is a newer concept. People with high levels of thinking introversion don't share the aversion to social events people usually associate with introversion. Instead, they're introspective, thoughtful, and self-reflective.”
— Melissa Dahl, So Apparently There Are 4 Kinds of Introversion
Tagged: Introversion, Introversion vs. Shyness