“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“The government researchers,aware of the information in the professional journals, decided to reverse the process (of healing from hysteric dissociation). They decided… — Cheryl Hersha Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters 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
“Qualitative and quantitative research with adults and children reporting ritual abuse has found that it occurs alongside other forms of organised abuse,… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Well before she became famous — or infamous, depending on where you cast your vote — Loftus's findings on memory distortion were… — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
“Women involved in out-patient treatment for substance abuse were interviewed to examine their recollections of childhood sexual abuse. Overall, 54% of the… — Elizabeth F. Loftus 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
“There are two types of memory frequently experienced by individuals who have had overwhelming trauma that has been suppressed psychologically or chemically.… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“The discovery that detonated Cleveland is one of Britain’s great contributions to awareness of child abuse. In 1986 and 1987 the Leeds… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“The asylum, and later the national health service, warehoused thousands of patients made mad by the intrusions of a sexual predator. But… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“She was so upset about a blog that maybe a total of six people read yet had no compassion for her granddaughters… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“THE NO CONTACT RULE: 1. Zero contact; face to face & online. 2. No phone calls. 3. No text messaging. 4. No… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“After all, there is in more stable, developed countries like the United States and Britain a quantifiably more vicious culture of child… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
Milk is for babies. Human beings are the only species that drinks milk into adulthood and besides that we prefer to drink… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
“Research has also revealed that women who have developed PTSD in relation to early childhood sexual abuse often develop borderline personality disorder.… — John M. Duffey Copy Share Image
“There are dozens, if not hundreds, of reasons to write about sibling abuse. The one that stands out the most is the… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“The data on organised abuse has been simplified or distorted in an attempt force it to conform to mechanical psychological models of… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Young girls frequently report that their early sexual experiences were coerced. In a study in South Africa, 30 percent of girls report… — Njovana Watts Copy Share Image
“It is therefore perfectly plausible that memories of childhood sexual abuse could be buried for years and then recalled, and that motivated… — Moheb Costandi Copy Share Image
“Cheryl's growing awareness of her emotional difficulties was leading her to research multiple personality. As she had learned more about dissociation, she… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I hesitate to use the term sexual abuse. It conjures up worst-case scenarios in our minds, and we think, "That will… — Carolyn Byers Ruch Copy Share Image
“According to an article, Sibling Abuse and Bullying: The Hidden Epidemic on Psychology Today by Darlene Lancer, “Often labeled rivalry and ignored,… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
Well to me growing, up I've had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
“Some of the most effective segments are interviews with various staff members, including Aila, who works for the center’s legal department. She… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
“In court the next morning I sat at a table in the judge’s chambers. On the other side of the table, close… — Elizabeth F. Loftus Copy Share Image
“One area where this misperception has hit hard has been research on child sexual abuse. Despite an explosion of research on the… — Jan L. Frayne Copy Share Image
“Many Survivors blame themselves for the abuse and continue to feel responsible and guilty for anything bad that happens to them or… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“See, the thing is, I had a little misunderstanding with Trent Gibson in Pre-Calculus earlier. I dropped my textbook on his face—accidentally,… — Isobel Irons Copy Share Image
“Around eighth grade Margot started getting really sensitive about her weight, even though she wasn’t remotely fat—just a little round-faced. So Margot… — Isobel Irons Copy Share Image
“When I was cooking I enjoyed a sense of being ‘out’ of myself. The action of dicing vegetables and warming oil made… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“An undergraduate researching the "witch hunt" cases asked for evidence that there had been more than one hundred cases, noting that the… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
“When a stranger on the street makes a sexual comment, he is making a private assessment of me public. And though I’ve… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“The far end of a continuum that aims to break the will of a child and allows the expression of displaced rage… — Chrystine Oksana Copy Share Image