“The whole thing becomes like this evil enchantment from a fairy tale, but you're made to believe the spell can never be… — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
“It's never ok to hit a girl. Never. Not even if she cheats on you. A girl is not your property. She's… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
“The day you allow him hit you , he begins taking you for granted.” — gugu innocentia mofokeng Copy Share Image
“Our existence is based on the variety of life that we have experienced. Yet, in the end when the reality of identity… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS ANGER; HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ANGER. One of the basic human… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“People only picked the pretty, sweet-smelling flowers. The ones with thorns were left alone.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“One of the obstacles to recognizing chronic mistreatment in relationships is that most abusive men simply don’t seem like abusers. They have… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
The first step in getting out of an abusive relationship is to realize that you have the right to be treated with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you are being abused by your partner, you may feel confused, afraid, angry and/or trapped. All of these emotions are normal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is fine to commiserate with a man about his bad experience with a previous partner, but the instant he uses her… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Never believe a man's claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
An abuser can seem emotionally needy. You can get caught in a trap of catering to him, trying to fill a bottomless… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“A sociopath is one who sees others as impersonal objects to be manipulated to fulfill their own narcissistic needs without any regard… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“People on the outside of situations like these often wonder why the woman go back to the abuser. I read once that… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“The abuser’s mood changes are especially perplexing. He can be a different person from day to day, or even from hour to… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“We are taught we can redeem them, she said to me once. We are taught it as soon as we can read.… — Louise Doughty Copy Share Image
“IN ONE IMPORTANT WAY, an abusive man works like a magician: His tricks largely rely on getting you to look off in… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Perpetrators of abuse often make their victims believe that they are somehow responsible for their own abuse. Such misplaced notions shift the… — Mallika Nawal Copy Share Image
“To make matters worse, everyone she talks to has a different opinion about the nature of his problem and what she should… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“The fresh, pungent summer smells of the forest bring me home to the natural, forgotten spiritual place deep inside me. The part… — Vanessa G. Foster Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we need to feel bad to know what it's like to feel good...” — Nitra Gipson Copy Share Image
“Finding Grant however and living happily ever after was an illusion, a dream. Things like that didn’t happen to women like them.… — Shawn Reilly Copy Share Image
