“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
My philosophy is, "murder the rapist in your mind so you stop killing yourself." I've seen, in my lifetime, that sexual abuse… — Margaret Cho 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
“The underlying attitude comes bursting out of his words: He believes his wife is keeping something of his away from him when… — Lundy Bancroft 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
“No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“He took a mental picture of this moment’s happy scene to carry with him into the darkness of that dreadful place where… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
“There are many heartfelt reasons for pushing our childhood sexual abuse to the edge of our lives and one amazing reason to… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
My highest achievement: never shutting my heart down. Even in my darkest moments - through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“Davies and Frawley believe that while the child may be a passive victim of the original sexual abuse, the child’s subsequent active… — Stephen A. Mitchell Copy Share Image
“If you want what’s best for your kids, one surefire way to provide them with a healthy, happy home is to make… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“God whispered, "You endured a lot. For that I am truly sorry, but grateful. I needed you to struggle to help so… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“When the Catholic Church insists that it is more sinful to use condoms in the midst of a sexually transmitted epidemic that… — Anonymous 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
“Child sexual abuse teaches us lessons about power- who has it and who doesn't. These lessons, experienced on a bodily level, transfer… — Joanna Kadi Copy Share Image
“A chart review (Herman, 1986) found that 67 percent of twelve psychiatric outpatients with BPD had a history of abuse in childhood… — Sheri Van Dijk Copy Share Image
“Many professionals have to sign gagging clauses or face the sack if they speak out. The social worker and therapist was familiar… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“Along with the trust issues, one of the hardest parts to deal with is the feeling of not being believed or supported,… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“By the nineteenth century, society had given up burning witches. Yet the sexual exploitation of children continued. In late-nineteenth-century Britain, for example,… — Patrick J. Carnes Copy Share Image
“Sadly, psychiatric training still includes far too little on the very serious psychiatric sequelae of childhood trauma, especially CSA [child sexual abuse].… — Joan Coleman Copy Share Image
“Another preoccupation fed into this dynamic relationship between discovery and denial: does sexual abuse actually matter? Should it, in fact, be allowed?… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“Did I imagine the castle, the dungeon, the ritual orgies and violations? Did Lucy, Billy, Samuel, Eliza, Shirley and Kato make it… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“I am disgusted that I was often taken into their bed and told to do things to both of them. The things… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“Two other highly vocal FMSF Advisory Board members are Dr Elizabeth Loftus and Professor Richard Ofshe. Loftus is a respected academic psychologist… — Valerie Sinason Copy Share Image
“But no matter how much evil I see, I think it’s important for everyone to understand that there is much more light… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
“Imagine the message that sent to my sister and me. A cousin violates us, confesses, and walks away with barely a slap… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual… — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
“When they begin to feel that others don’t love them, they already consider their worth and consider that they are not worth… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“He feels excited. He feels ashamed. He wants to talk to her, but he is afraid. Maybe he imagined it all. Maybe… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“The abuser wants the victim to be confounded. They do not require the victim to see undoubtedly nor see things for what… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Just one person. It really honestly just takes one positive person. One positive person can help you. And that can go a… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
The more you face the truth, the angrier you will probably become. You have a right to be angry about being sexually… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“Can’t a lawyer take his client out to dinner to discuss the case? Haven’t you ever heard of the two-martini lunch?” “Yes,… — Mark M. Bello Copy Share Image
“Today, Ring possesses a new passion in an older body: to help bring healing to the millions around the world who have… — David Ring Copy Share Image
“Weird? Absurd? That’s how it seemed to me. I had these forces, these compunctions, these alternative personalities inside me, driving me. It… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“The whistle buried under my skin and became a permanent part of me. I had a radar for certain eyes afterward. It… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“Despite its popularity amongst critical criminologists, the empirical basis of the moral panic account of sexual abuse has been shown to be… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“It was that culture of denial that allowed my abuse to take place to start with. Did you know that it wasn't… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“As a reflect on my life, here is what I have learned, how I have grown, and how I've been transformed. Little… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“I feel that some people have a hard time with the truths around us, not only the sexual abuse by priests, but… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
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