“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
“The capacity for dissociation enables the young child to exercise their innate life-sustaining need for attachment in spite of the fact that… — Warwick Middleton 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
“The witch-hunt narrative is a really popular story that goes like this: Lots of people were falsely convicted of child sexual abuse… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
“All people cross the line from childhood to adulthood with a secondhand opinion of who they are. Without any questioning, we take… — Heyward Ewart Copy Share Image
“As you recover, you will feel more conscious of your surroundings. Freed from the ‘fog’ of your pain, fear, and confusion, you… — Beverly Engel 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
“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
“What still frightens me is that society is fickle. There was a time when nobody believed in the reality of abuse, and… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“If someone thinks you’re being dramatic or selfish, then they obviously haven’t walked a mile in your shoes. It’s not important for… — Sarah Newman 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
“We are all born same, we are completely cute, innocent, sweet, and we need that reflection of ourselves as little human beings… — Anneke Lucas Copy Share Image
“The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
“Anyone who shames survivors of trauma and abuse for not healing, is a person who has no compassion for life's suffering” — Alice Little Copy Share Image
“Denial of perpetration is simply not evidence that none has occurred, because even when there is physical evidence of abuse, sexual abusers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The human need to be visible is countered by the need to be invisible to avoid further abuse, and the need for… — Christiane Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Denial is our very real, personal response to our own trauma. But denial is the normative response to trauma—by everyone. Society may… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
