“when these little ones don’t receive the love, they need in their homes, they seek attention outside.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“After all, life is a voyage, and you cannot start out this voyage all over once more. You need to be in… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership, the trunk is entitlement, and the branches are control.” — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Though, the type of abuse differs from each individual, all survivors of child abuse deal with a certain extent of trauma, consciously… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
So what made you think you could just take a life and push it around? I guess to build yourself up so… — Keith Urban Copy Share Image
“Scorned and torn, former love mates aim and shoot childish devastating daggers that penetrate beyond target to pierce the heart of their… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
“I would look and thirst for real love in all the wrong places and it was taken advantage of by all the… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
The results of verbal, physical, and emotional abuse can have long-lasting, psychologically damaging effects on a person, making them believe they are… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
“Even if I had friends or people around me it did not matter anymore, I always felt isolated and unique from all… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“As these abuse children grow, they oppose the lies (that they still trust and believe to be true) to the verity that… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“emotional abuse is much more than verbal abuse. Emotional abuse can be defined as any nonphysical behavior that is designed to control,… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“You’re a survivor of emotional abuse—and you can escape this trap. Just remain calm, patient, and always kind to yourself. Someday you… — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
“Hate is a normal and involuntary reaction when somebody tries to control you for no good reason. It signals that the person… — Lindsay C. Gibson Copy Share Image
“Most children who survive into adulthood always have a lingering question that commonly arises as to why is there very little support… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Her gaze turned distant. 'Have you ever heard of the arsenic eaters?' Alex blinked, confused. 'No?' 'They would ingest a little bit… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“There might have been prettier women in the room but, when she turned those babies on, fluttered her eyelashes, I was hers.… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“You do not get to pick and choose the parts of me that you love as if you're picking petals from a… — Alisha Christensen Copy Share Image
“They said my solution was foreign because I lived on another planet. It required honesty. It required communication. It required kindness. It… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
My heart is like a welcome mat. People use it, walk all over it, kick it, and leave. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Children do not have reasoning capability or emotive development; thus, they are unable to precisely gauge what is going on with them.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“People don’t necessarily realize it when they contribute to the erosion of a child’s self-worth, but kids pay attention to how people… — D.K. Sanz Copy Share Image
“Many people wonder how psychological abuse and emotional abuse differ. Are they perhaps the same thing? For me, they are two distinctly… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“The most treasured gift you can present yourself today is a hand of assistance to liberate you from the prison of anxiety,… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“After a victim is made to participate in an act of evil, the people in charge put a lot of energy into… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
People say you need to be strong, smart, and lucky to survive hard times, war, a natural disaster, or physical torture. But… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“Why didn't I feel that I belonged to my parents? How could I have known that I was not right? I think… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
“The worst part ever is discoursing about the abuse to anyone you trust in the family or friends and when they prefer… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Emotional abuse can leave a victim feeling like a shell of a person, separated from the true essence of who they naturally… — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
“I go through my days quietly trying not to make waves but one whisper creates ripples in the sleeping sea don't make… — Alisha Christensen Copy Share Image
“More than one personality was created in the hope of being the daughter Nancy could consistently love. More than one new personality… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“Abused children often learn to block out their pain, for it is too distressing. Since it’s not possible to block emotions selectively,… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Actions are powerful, but it’s important to acknowledge that so are emotions. Emotional abuse can be the most painful thing a person… — LaTasha Braxton Copy Share Image
The central attitudes driving the Water Torturer are: You are crazy. You fly off the handle over nothing. I can easily convince… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“The sole reason I stand to open it up now is that lots of people who are in pain just like I… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“An abused child never feels safe, growing up. The wrong that this child has gone through can never be seen or easily… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
