“John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“We aren't the weeds in the crack of life. We're the strong,amazing flowers that found a way to grow in the most… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.” — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Honor yourself for all the ways you learned to take care of yourself during your abuse ~” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“You deserve freedom. You owe it to yourself. You are anything but selfish whenever you decide to stand up for yourself!” — Myriam Ben Salem Copy Share Image
“You're a survivor because every day you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one… — Assunta Harris Copy Share Image
“I am releasing my own demons of times gone by and seizing the opportunity to find my own corner, my own fortress,… — Trish Kaye Lleone Copy Share Image
“Survivors are often incredibly aware and perceptive. What was born of necessity becomes a response that is gentle and understanding.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“It wasn't a sign of weakness to tell what happened to me. I feel guilt no longer, only regret. The other emotions… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“In the weeds of childhood sexual abuse, we are the sturdy flowers that kept reaching for a slip of sunshine and a… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Life has tried to break me, the wounds have not yet healed. But I am not a victim, never been and never… — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“All emotions, even those that are suppressed and unexpressed, have physical effects. Unexpressed emotions tend to stay in the body like small… — Marilyn Van M. Derbur Copy Share Image
“Name-calling or hurling insults can only affect you if you allow them too. Boss up and refuse to stay in an environment… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“Many survivors struggle to believe the abuse happened. They don’t want to believe it. It’s too painful to think about. They don’t… — Laura Davis Copy Share Image
“When we learn to recognize the unique quality of Memory-Dreams, we are empowered. The abused child within us is using them to… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“If your body is screaming in pain, whether the pain is muscular contractions, anxiety, depression, asthma or arthritis, a first step in… — Marilyn Van M. Derbur Copy Share Image
“The second day of the book tour I stopped an interviewer and said, “Aren’t you asking the wrong question?” The interviewer stared… — Christina Crawford Copy Share Image
“Survive ... Some women survive by creating walls, big walls guarding their hearts and you say "let them in" but she has… — Ijeoma Umebinyuo Copy Share Image
“Dissociated trauma memories don't reveal themselves like ordinary memories. Like pieces of a puzzle, they escape the primitive part of our brain… — Jeanne McElvaney 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
“Dissociation stopped any capacity for her to learn from experience, to foresee, to protect. Abby walked the path of her life unable… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Stuffing our memories might become familiar over the years, but it requires a mental vigilance that separates us from our inner world.… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“So many moments of potential holiday joy got buried in the pain of our abuse. Now these days offer us a chance… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33 TAT: No. I don't know anymore than you know they're not. But, I'm talking about boundaries… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. Secrecy and silence are… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Honoring all ways we survived our childhood abuse is healing. We were amazing and courageous.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“A child that’s being abused by its parents doesn’t stop loving its parents, it stops loving itself.” — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“When you feel caught in the web of childhood abuse, find words to describe it. Write them. Say them. Express them. In… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“You're a survivor because everyday you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has… — Assunta Harris Copy Share Image
“Life has not been able to break me and it will not break you. Stand tall for you are loved, you are… — Donna G. Bourgeois Copy Share Image
“Beautiful creatures cannot be confined Her wings will grow, she'll find the sky.” — Christy Ann Martine Copy Share Image
“CHANGE IS POSSIBLE ONCE YOU MAKE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO CREATE A FUTURE POSITIVELY DIFFERENT TO A PAST YOU CAN NEVER CHANGE” — Lee-Ann Suddick Copy Share Image
“While a psychiatric diagnosis can serve a purpose in treatment plans, it should not become a tool to discredit a person's disclosure… — Lee Ann Hoff 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
“You can recognize survivors by their creativity. In soulful, insightful, gentle, and nurturing creations, they often express the inner beauty they brought… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“You can recognize survivors of abuse by their courage. When silence is so very inviting, they step forward and share their truth… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
