“Abusers get one more opportunity to covertly insult the survivor when they say, “If only…” Toxic” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
[ Alfred Kinsey] was sexually abusing those children and had sex abusers working for him to stimulate the babies. — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
“Normal people have a hard time comprehending that abusers go to such lengths, but they do.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
Abusers thrive on creating confusion, including confusion about the abuse itself. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
If we want abusers to change, we will have to require them to give up the luxury of exploitation. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Another reason abusers don’t want to give up the ‘power’ is that they don’t want to give up the power.” — Sara Niles Copy Share Image
Cocaine was different. It kept saying, "You haven't had enough." I became an abuser almost instantly. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
We are all potential murderers, and we are all potential rapists and abusers. — Volkmar Sigusch Copy Share Image
Animal abusers are not the only culprits - the consumers are the biggest abusers! As long as buyers, users, attendees at animal… — Adela Popescu 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
As long as your abuser has you scared, you will stay in the cycle of abuse. Thinking of solutions helps you to… — Roseanne Barr 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
Boy lovers and the lesbians who have young lovers... are not child molesters. The child abusers are priests, teachers, therapists, cops and… — Patrick Califia Copy Share Image
I believe in having certain releases, certain outlets. One has to indulge. If you don't indulge, you don't live -might as well… — Grace Jones 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
All my life I’ve been a lady bruiser, a wrong chooser, school refuser, drug abuser, born loser; clothes bummy, nose runny, it… — Big L Copy Share Image
The number-one reason women say they returned to their abuser is financial insecurity. Often they have kids with them. They say half… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
“Most people have no clue hidden abuse is taking place right under their noses. It is being perpetrated by individuals who would… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
The sense of ownership is one reason why abuse tends to get worse as relationships get more serious. The more history and… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
It's just that I have this funny objection to torturing small animals no matter how scrumptious their body parts might be. ...… — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
There are certainly statistics which show that most people who become sociopaths, who become homicidal, who become child- abusers, have had a… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
A long-term substance abuser, a few months before his death, penned this poem: Went downtown, Hastings and Main, looking for relief from… — Gabor Mate Copy Share Image
An abuser can seem emotionally needy. You can get caught in a trap of catering to him, trying to fill a bottomless… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Ignore that nightmare in the bathroom. Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom-struck gimp who couldn't handle the pressure.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“In cases of organized and multi-perpetrator abuse when the abuse occurs in the context of rituals and ceremonies, some elements of the… — Graeme Galton Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33 Freyd: The term "multiple personality" itself assumes that there is "single personality" and there is evidence… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Violators cannot live with the truth: survivors cannot live without it. There are those who still, once again, are poised to invalidate… — Chrystine Oksana Copy Share Image
“But nothing in my previous work had prepared me for the experience of reinvestigating Cleveland. It is worth — given the passage… — Sue Richardson Copy Share Image
“[Refers to 121 children taken into care in Cleveland due to suspected abuse (1987) and later returned to their parents] Sue Richardson,… — Heather Bacon Copy Share Image
Some of the folks we see are in for defending themselves against their abusers, or drug charges that, because of the California… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
“We must know something about malevolence, about how to recognize it, and about how not to make excuses for it. We must… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
Feminism exists so that no woman ever has to face her abuser in isolation, alone. — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“Taking care of ourselves does not preclude educating abusers or removing them from our organizations.” — Fred Kofman Copy Share Image
“Psychological abusers are known for becoming jealous of any attention not being given to them.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused… — Meg Tilly 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 abuser knows where you work. Even if a woman goes underground at night, the abuser knows where to find her during… — Gordon Campbell 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
Another California study counted 30,000 substance abusers who are pregnant are White woman. So, The Wire paints the picture of drug addiction,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
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![“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and personality of the person until they become as nothing... with no will of their own...no identity...then they... rebuild the person & shape their will in order to...try and make…” quote by Laurie Matthew](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f99/laurie-matthew-31209_abuse-sexual-abuse_in-a-nutshell-the-process-they-abusers-i_1534823.jpg)
![“[Refers to 121 children taken into care in Cleveland due to suspected abuse (1987) and later returned to their parents] Sue Richardson, the child abuse consultant at the heart of the crisis, watched as cases began to unravel: “All the focus started to fall on the medical findings; other supportive…” quote by Heather Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/54c/heather-bacon-241873_abuse_refers-to-121-children-taken-into-care-i_2551343.jpg)
