“Denial is a powerful human component that cannot be ignored in the context of psychological abuse.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Sometimes psychological abuse can become so life altering, survivors sink into serious depths of depression.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Psychological abusers like people who make them look or feel good.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Becoming fully aware of the dynamics of psychological abuse is not an easy truth to absorb.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Tenderness from empaths will be used against them time and time again by psychological abusers.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Abusers get one more opportunity to covertly insult the survivor when they say, “If only…” Toxic” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Normal people have a hard time comprehending that abusers go to such lengths, but they do.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“People should never underestimate a psychological abuser’s ability to hide the truth. They are not even honest with themselves and truly believe… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“It is not about holding on to hurts but not allowing time or distance to distort the truth about the abuse. If” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Unraveling the lies and replacing them with truth is at the heart of the recovery journey for survivors of psychological abuse.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Survivors are wise to not fall into the trap of second guessing all of their actions because it is likely they could… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“A psychological abuser will find a survivor’s emotional soft spots and exploit them for control and entertainment.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Psychological abusers do not realize that people authentically grown weary of their ridiculousness, find recovery from the abuse, and eventually move on… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“I have been known to tell survivors, who are remaining in contact with intensely toxic people, that I cannot continue to work… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“The important point to remember is that most outwardly expressed emotions of psychological abusers are for a distinct purpose; that is usually… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“The level of impact on a target’s life will also be different depending on whether the abuse took place in a marriage… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“By the time survivors are compelled to leave their psychologically abusive relationships, they do not see any other viable option but to… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“It’s called hidden abuse for a reason. Abusers are out for emotional blood when they use gaslighting to undermine a target’s sense… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Psychologically abusive people can only maintain normalcy for short spurts of time. Being an authentically caring, decent person isn’t baseline for them.… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“The survivor’s perfect romantic interest, mentor, or friend has abruptly turned on her or him. It’s a crushing season in life. How… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“The grave problem with hidden abuse is the target is being manipulated. The feelings are being manufactured for the power and control… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“When survivors get to the point where the relationships are slowly killing them, we must talk about why they won’t choose their… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“It is a source of power and entertainment for a toxic person to destroy an originally healthy and happy person. This point… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“psychologically abusive people set out to take down the biggest challenge that presented itself at the time. The abuser sees it as… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Survivors often get to a point in recovery where they can predict the responses of the toxic person.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Psychological abusers are known for becoming jealous of any attention not being given to them.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Living well does not mean the abuse never happened. It means the abuse did not damage you beyond repair.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“I saw a post online where someone said, “An abuser doesn’t abuse every day.” That, my friend, is intermittent reinforcement in a… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“The problem is a survivor never knows when the next warm and fuzzy experience will happen, or when the next episode of… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“psychological abusers damage others – not out of impaired judgement – but because they enjoy the control they gain from abusing people.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Some abusers on the middle-to-high end of the toxicity spectrum have absolutely no reservations about damaging survivors in any way possible, even… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“The survivor delivers this message in a firm and clear tone of voice, not mad or screaming. Just stating the facts. Take… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“What I am saying is that your hope of the person being better someday must come to an abrupt end. When that… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Normal people don’t play all the toxic games psychological abusers do, and yet, survivors end up initially blaming themselves.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“They also highlight the fact that a psychologically abusive person has no moral compass and is more than willing to use innocent… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“The subtle nature of psychological abuse leaves survivors doubting themselves, but confidence is found in the healing process. In” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Through No Contact, survivors can find ever-increasing distance from the malice that almost permanently ruined their lives.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“until victims know deep in their souls that it is a choice to be an abuser, they will continue to entertain pity… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Small empowering steps towards independence from a psychological abuser are incredibly important to the deprogramming process of recovery.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“By the time survivors are compelled to leave their psychologically abusive relationships, they do not see any other viable option but to leave. They… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“This is because in the legalistic church, God (or pronounced “Gawd” if you’re in the southern regions of the country) is coming to smite… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“A psychological abuser will find a survivor’s emotional soft spots and exploit them for control and entertainment.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“Toxic people are great actors. They will utilize whichever props are available to maintain control in the relationship.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“If we have a high level of emotional capacity, it predisposes us to stay in abusive environments longer. That is not a great thing.… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“A Sociopath will run you over, scold you for being in their way, and have a smirk because secretly they get entertainment out of… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“Toxic people absolutely refuse to have normal human flaws and weaknesses. They do not see themselves as average people.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“Some people wonder if abusers can feel love or affection for their targets. The answer to that depends on your own definition of love.… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“Some are quietly deteriorating the person’s self-esteem through the emotional game of abandonment. Being present physically but checked out emotionally is not a marriage… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“Denial is a powerful human component that cannot be ignored in the context of psychological abuse.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“Tenderness from empaths will be used against them time and time again by psychological abusers.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“When an abuser gaslights, he or she sets up situations to make the target doubt their own memories and assessments of situations. This is… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“I use the term survivor to describe what some might call a victim. I hope you can embrace the word survivor because it is… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“Unraveling the lies and replacing them with truth is at the heart of the recovery journey for survivors of psychological abuse.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
“It is a source of power and entertainment for a toxic person to destroy an originally healthy and happy person. This point is often… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share
