“Normal people don’t play all the toxic games psychological abusers do, and yet, survivors end up initially blaming themselves.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
As long as your abuser has you scared, you will stay in the cycle of abuse. Thinking of solutions helps you to… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“Psychological abusers do not realize that people authentically grown weary of their ridiculousness, find recovery from the abuse, and eventually move on… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
Animal abusers are not the only culprits - the consumers are the biggest abusers! As long as buyers, users, attendees at animal… — Adela Popescu Copy Share Image
“The important point to remember is that most outwardly expressed emotions of psychological abusers are for a distinct purpose; that is usually… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
As long as we see abusers as victims, or as out-of-control monsters, they will continue getting away with ruining lives. If we… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Until this point Tiffany had assumed that abusers... must live in denial. If not, how could they go on? How could you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I don’t have any doubt in my mind that there will come a time when we will see violence against animal rights… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
The brain of a person in love will show activity in the amygdala, which is associated with gut feelings, and in the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The number-one reason women say they returned to their abuser is financial insecurity. Often they have kids with them. They say half… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
Politicians are propaganda, the people with guns are the enforcers and the media is the enthusiastic lapdog who enables the entire behavior… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
There are certainly statistics which show that most people who become sociopaths, who become homicidal, who become child- abusers, have had a… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
It's just that I have this funny objection to torturing small animals no matter how scrumptious their body parts might be. ...… — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
The sense of ownership is one reason why abuse tends to get worse as relationships get more serious. The more history and… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Most people have no clue hidden abuse is taking place right under their noses. It is being perpetrated by individuals who would… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
Few people are aware of the severe human rights violations committed daily by family court judges across the country. These courts are… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“The woman who left abusive husbands in the 60's and 70's improved the institution of marriage because men now know that women… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“We must know something about malevolence, about how to recognize it, and about how not to make excuses for it. We must… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
Some of the folks we see are in for defending themselves against their abusers, or drug charges that, because of the California… — Thao Nguyen 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
“But nothing in my previous work had prepared me for the experience of reinvestigating Cleveland. It is worth — given the passage… — Sue Richardson Copy Share Image
“Violators cannot live with the truth: survivors cannot live without it. There are those who still, once again, are poised to invalidate… — Chrystine Oksana Copy Share Image
“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“(To the haters) You are not extinguishing the bright lights of mankind, you're simply burying yourself in an unmarked grave.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is a human rights abuser, responsible for deaths in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria, not to mention curious murders of his… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
Just take them rascals [rapists, killers, child abusers] out in the swamp / Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to… — Charlie Daniels Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is created by the restitution of the abuser; of the wrongdoer. It is not something to be squeeeeeezed out of the… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“As an adult, it shatters me that the child parts of my mind froze at those ages, didn't develop, and continued to… — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
I'm not an abuser. It takes me a long time to assimilate each experience. And I never have lost my respect for… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Everybody has a language or code that they use with their wife or their girlfriend or boyfriend or what have you. It's… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
“When survivors get to the point where the relationships are slowly killing them, we must talk about why they won’t choose their… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
I hope the reader's sense that I am deeply empathetic with the pain of being in a desperate marriage, but I also… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“It’s called hidden abuse for a reason. Abusers are out for emotional blood when they use gaslighting to undermine a target’s sense… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33 Freyd: The term "multiple personality" itself assumes that there is "single personality" and there is evidence… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Some abusers organise themselves in groups to abuse children and other adults in a more formally ritualised way. Men and women in… — Laurie Matthew 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
“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
“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
![“[Refers to 121 children taken into care in Cleveland due to suspected abuse (1987) and later returned to their parents] Sue Richardson, the child abuse consultant at the heart of the crisis, watched as cases began to unravel: “All the focus started to fall on the medical findings; other supportive…” quote by Heather Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/heather-bacon-241873_abuse_refers-to-121-children-taken-into-care-i_2551343.jpg)
![“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and personality of the person until they become as nothing... with no will of their own...no identity...then they... rebuild the person & shape their will in order to...try and make…” quote by Laurie Matthew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/laurie-matthew-31209_abuse-sexual-abuse_in-a-nutshell-the-process-they-abusers-i_1534823.jpg)
![“Just take them rascals [rapists, killers, child abusers] out in the swamp / Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump / Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest,” quote by Charlie Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/charlie-daniels-13220_abusers_just-take-them-rascals-rapists-killers-c_285867.png)
![“Many professionals have to sign gagging clauses or face the sack if they speak out. The social worker and therapist was familiar with the scare that revelation brings to the survivor. […] We are in this story. It isn't ours, but we are in it nonetheless, not least because of the viscous campaign…” quote by Beatrix Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/beatrix-campbell-36463_abuse_many-professionals-have-to-sign-gagging_1262165.jpg)
