“In healthy development, trust evolves. How do we decide whether to trust? We share a feeling with someone and watch their reaction;… — E. Sue Blume Copy Share Image
“Stop looking for that person you were in the past. She has changed. Look for the person she has grown into. She… — Chris Pepple Copy Share Image
“no recovery from trauma is possible without attending to issues of safety, care for the self, reparative connections to other human beings,… — Janina Fisher Copy Share Image
“Every child apprehends, feels and changes with age and developmental stage, as they also learn to develop. Nevertheless, if you recognize what… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Them: Angel, It was never about you. It was always about them. Their fears, their insecurities, Doubts and misdeeds, Their desire to… — Christine Evangelou Copy Share Image
“Abusive relationships exist because they provide enough rations of warmth, laughter, and affection to clutch onto like a security blanket in the… — Maggie Young Copy Share Image
“Our need to be "greater than" or "less than" has been a defense against toxic shame. A shameful act was committed upon… — Maureen Brady Copy Share Image
“Most survivors tend to be the care-giver rather than the care-receiver. We tend to be good at being spouses and parents, anticipating… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“Traumatic events destroy the sustaining bonds between individual and community. Those who have survived learn that their sense of self, of worth,… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Once the individual has learned to dissociate in the context of trauma, he or she may subsequently transfer this response to other… — Julie P. Gentile Copy Share Image
“So for those who think abuse survivors can simply logically process their situation and get out of and over the situation easily,… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“The experience of chronic abuse carries within it the gross mislabeling of things. Perpetrators are really "nice daddies." Victims are "evil and… — Diane Langberg Copy Share Image
“A refusal on the part of psychiatrists and therapists to validate the horrors of their patients' tortured past implies a refusal to… — Felicity De Zulueta Copy Share Image
“The experience of childhood sexual abuse leaves some survivors with a high tolerance for pain. Dysfunctional environments require endurance and thick skin.… — Rosenna Bakari Copy Share Image
“When there is inconsistency in belief and action (such as being violated by someone who is supposed to love you) our mind… — Rosenna Bakari Copy Share Image
“SPEAK TO THE CHILD WITHIN YOU: Tell the child within you, the one that has remained buried that the “adult” in you… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Our future can be brighter. We know that with the right help, continued treatment, and support we can potentially aim for partial… — carol broad Copy Share Image
“In spite of the horror, in spite of the tragedy, in spite of the weeks of sleepless nights, I'm finally alive. I'm… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
“when traumatic events are of human design, those who bear witness are caught in the conflict between victim and perpetrator. All the… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Remembering things or processing memories can be a charged, or frightening, or uncomfortable time. It can help to imagine yourself being a… — A.T.W Copy Share Image
“Too often the survivor is seen by [himself or] herself and others as "nuts," "crazy," or "weird." Unless her responses are understood… — Diane Langberg Copy Share Image
“The internal system of an abuse victim differs from the non-abuse system with regard to the consistent absence of the effective leadership,… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“Despite this documentation for both traumatic amnesia and essentially accurate delayed recall, memory science is often presented as if it supports the… — Jennifer J. Freyd Copy Share Image
“There was a moment of hesitation in which Joe looked into her eyes, and she looked back without flinching. Many a time,… — Tracy Winegar 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
“Because of dissociation, many victims are able to remember the abuse only when a certain object, smell, color, scene, or experience triggers… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“Honor yourself for all the ways you learned to take care of yourself during your abuse ~” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Burst the Anguish Within! Allow it to pierce every nerve deep in your skin.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Even the nurses in the hospital had told me now I had nothing to fear. 'The worst is over for you,' they… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Beautiful creatures cannot be confined Her wings will grow, she'll find the sky.” — Christy Ann Martine Copy Share Image
“Abuse is never contained to a present moment, it lingers across a person’s lifetime and has pervasive long-term ramifications.” — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
“In the same way that the women's movement of the seventies and eighties brought rape and incest into public consciousness, we can… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“Nobody has ever killed themselves over a broken arm. But every day, thousands of people kill themselves because of a broken heart.… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell… — C. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Adjusting her red gown she stared at the ceiling with tears flowing down her face, the white bed sheet soon turned to… — Jyoti Patel Copy Share Image
“Abused children as they grow to believe that they are damaged beyond repair. A LIE that is believed and stays buried within… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
![“The experience of chronic abuse carries within it the gross mislabeling of things. Perpetrators are really "nice daddies." Victims are "evil and seductive" (at the age of three!). Nonprotecting parents are "tired and busy." The survivor makes a giant leap forward when [he or ]she can call abuse by…” quote by Diane Langberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/161/diane-langberg-56315_abuse_the-experience-of-chronic-abuse-carries_1893723.jpg)
![“Too often the survivor is seen by [himself or] herself and others as "nuts," "crazy," or "weird." Unless her responses are understood within the context of trauma. A traumatic stress reaction consists of *natural* emotions and behaviors in response to a catastrophe, its immediate aftermath, or…” quote by Diane Langberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/edb/diane-langberg-56315_abuse-survivors_too-often-the-survivor-is-seen-by-himsel_1540837.jpg)
