“In the specific case of the use of the term “false memory” to describe errors in details in laboratory tasks (e.g., in… — Jennifer J. Freyd Copy Share Image
“Something as simple as sitting next to a lonely girl on a park bench may be enough to deter predators.” — Jessica Marie Baumgartner Copy Share Image
“Along with the trust issues, one of the hardest parts to deal with is the feeling of not being believed or supported,… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“So often parents of abused children feel helpless. When a child falls, and scrapes her knees parents can erase the hurt by… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“All I wanted to do was hide away from the world, but I still had a role to play. I had to… — Girl A Copy Share Image
“When I was cooking I enjoyed a sense of being ‘out’ of myself. The action of dicing vegetables and warming oil made… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“I am disgusted that I was often taken into their bed and told to do things to both of them. The things… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“Imagine the message that sent to my sister and me. A cousin violates us, confesses, and walks away with barely a slap… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us.” — James Garbarino Copy Share Image
“Like Jocelyn, Survivors often think: * That’s just the way I am * I’m not lovable, that’s why I keep having disastrous… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“Disclosures of childhood sexual abuse have frequently been discredited through the diagnosis of hysteria. In this view, women/female children were seen either… — Judith L. Alpert Copy Share Image
“To the men and women who changed Cheryl Hersha's life, she was a continuation of the research that had first been conducted… — Lynn Hersha 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
“I should meet many people who do not know anyone personally who has been raped or molested as a child. But I… — 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
“Some alters are what Dr Ross describes in Multiple Personality Disorder as 'fragments', which are 'relatively limited psychic states that express only… — Alice Jamieson 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
“Other personalities are created to handle new traumas, their existence usually occurring one at a time. Each has a singular purpose and… — Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
“Having DID is, for many people, a very lonely thing. If this book reaches some people whose experiences resonate with mine and… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought,… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“It is therefore perfectly plausible that memories of childhood sexual abuse could be buried for years and then recalled, and that motivated… — Moheb Costandi Copy Share Image
“In projecting onto others their own moral sense, therapists sometimes make terrible errors. Child physical abusers are automatically labeled “impulsive," despite extensive… — Anna Salter 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
“Abuse is never deserved, it is an exploitation of innocence and physical disadvantage, which is perceived as an opportunity by the abuser.” — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
“Denial is commonly found among persons with dissociative disorders. My favorite quotation from such a client is, "We are not multiple, we… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
