Here's my heart and soul, please grind them into hamburger, and enjoy. — Meredith Grey Copy Share Image
“Childhood abuse is the misuse of power and control which leads to wrong.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Are you capable to truly distinguish the person you envision in the mirror?” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Abused children as they grow to believe that they are damaged beyond repair.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Many of us have been disconnected with our own individualities, our true individualities.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Violence is compelling and ineffective, it can be ascertained, as one becomes an expert at it.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“When you feel at sea in an abyss of emotions, reconnecting to the beauty of your soul can be difficult, but it… — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
“It is not the the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on… — Aisha Mirza Copy Share Image
Emotional abuse is like being continuously kicked in the shins. It can be worse than getting one punch in the face, and… — Ashley Banjo Copy Share Image
“She looked at him like it physically hurt her not to speak, and yet she stayed silent.” — Dennis Sharpe Copy Share Image
“Children are naive, they don’t possess enough skills to be able to recognize the balance between the truth and a lie.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Narcissists are very retaliative if they believe another has achieved what they desire, exposed their insecurities, or refused to be under their… — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
“I recall as a child when I got so hostile that I didn’t know whom to trust anymore, and then I would… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“His violence was silence, guilt, and the quiet erasure of my boundaries; and when you've been starved for affection your whole life,… — Linda Ayala Copy Share Image
“The Karen personality was created when Jo was nine and her mother said once too often, "Why can't you be like your… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
There are many types of emotional abuse but most is done in an attempt to control or subjugate another person. Emotional abuse… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“I think this point is so important, I'm going to repeat it: You should never listen to criticism that is primarily intended… — Robin Stern Copy Share Image
I hate it when somebody treats you like crap, but you still worry about them. It's like no matter what happens to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue… — Danielle Bernock Copy Share Image
“As I started my personal voyage to unpack the childhood that I repressed for so long, everything unexpectedly made sense as to… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The central attitudes driving the Terrorist are: You have no right to defy me or leave me. Your life is in my… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Domestic violence is just as much a quality-of-life and liberty for community, social, and legal attention to support mental, emotional, health, wellness… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
I think we start suffering as soon as we come out of the womb. I think that people tend to stereotype. When… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
“The central attitudes driving Mr. Right are: You should be in awe of my intelligence and should look up to me intellectually.… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“LADIES!!!! You are not a SEXUAL OBJECT! - not a PUNCHING BAG _ not a target for EMOTIONAL ABUSE! You worth more… — Bolanle John Copy Share Image
“Joan Frances says her mother is perfect someone she models herself after. She is tortured because she is disobeying her mother by… — Lynn I. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Ritually abusive groups also convince children that something evil has been put inside them. For example, a child is made to believe… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Capital draws, redraws, and enforces lines between workers according to structural necessity: It knows how to fight a class war as a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Much like a bully, a narcissist will protect him or herself by using aggression and holding a superiority or power over others’.… — Emily Parker Copy Share Image
“We have laws about human rights in place for a reason and even if those laws are so often not enforced BY… — Darlene Ouimet Copy Share Image
“Some alters are what Dr Ross describes in Multiple Personality Disorder as 'fragments', which are 'relatively limited psychic states that express only… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Thus polyvictimization or complex trauma are "developmentally adverse interpersonal traumas" (Ford, 2005) because they place the victim at risk not only for… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
“My mother's mouth drops. 'Emmy...don't say those things Emmy. Remember, we don't talk about those things.' 'Yes Mom. I remember. That's why… — Emily Andrews Copy Share Image
“There certainly are some women who treat their male partners badly, berating them, calling them names, attempting to control them. The negative… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“The abuser’s mood changes are especially perplexing. He can be a different person from day to day, or even from hour to… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“It is not okay for someone you like to treat you poorly and then pretend it didn’t happen, making you question your… — Shannon Weber Copy Share Image
