“For example, Dell’s (2006b) Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID) is a highly regarded psychometric instrument specifically designed to provide a comprehensive, content-valid… — Paul Frewen Copy Share Image
“It is hard to bring paedophile rings to justice. Thankfully it does happen. Perhaps the most horrific recent case came before the… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“In my mind, I built stairways. At the end of the stairways, I imagined rooms. These were high, airy places with big… — Amanda Lindhout 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
“As I feel less overwhelmed, my fear softens and begins to subside. I feel a flicker of hope, then a rolling wave… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“Janna knew - Rikki knew — and I knew, too — that becoming Dr Cameron West wouldn't make me feel a damn… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“There, there, best to bring it all up,' she said. My memory was in shreds. Imagine a photograph cut into narrow strips… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Not knowing trauma or experiencing or remembering it in a dissociative way is not a passive shutdown of perception or of memory.… — Dori Laub Copy Share Image
“There were other strange signals and signs. Another day, suddenly felt an almost overwhelming urge to travel to Balitmore. I wanted to… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“Changes in Meaning: Finally, chronically traumatized people lose faith that good things can happen and people can be kind and trustworthy. They… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“Secret ceremonies in which malevolent men and women cloaked in hooded robes, hiding behind painted faces and chanting demonic incantations while inflicting… — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
“Chronic trauma (according to the meaning I propose) that occurs early in life has profound effects on personality development and can lead… — Elizabeth F. Howell 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
“Dissociation leaves us disconnected from our memories, our identities and our emotions. It breaks the trauma into digestible components, so that different… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“We must understand that those who experience abuse as children, and particularly those who experience incest, almost invariably suffer from a profound… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“Those of us who work in the field of trauma and abuse, whether psychologists, psychoanalysts, social workers, doctors, counselors, or psychotherapists, have… — Valerie Sinason Copy Share Image
“But then, not long after, in another article, Loftus writes, "We live in a strange and precarious time that resembles at its… — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
“Those who are aware of their condition and experience themselves as "multiple" might refer to themselves as "we" rather than "I." I… — Alison Miller 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
“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
“The odd sensation I had while cooking would often last through the meal, then dissolve as I climbed the stairs. I would… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Both incest and the Holocaust have been subject to furious denial by perpetrators and other individuals and by highly organised groups such… — Janet Walker 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
“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
“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
“Weird? Absurd? That’s how it seemed to me. I had these forces, these compunctions, these alternative personalities inside me, driving me. It… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“People with Complex PTSD suffer from more severe and frequent dissociation symptoms, as well as memory and attention problems, than those with… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“Cheryl was aided in her search by the Internet. Each time she remembered a name that seemed to be important in her… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“My body was a Pandora’s box of aches and pains. When Grandpa died all the ailments came jumping out. I was forever… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Trauma-related structural dissociation should be distinguished from more ubiquitous phenomena that are often termed dissociation, but likely have a different underlying process.… — Onno van der Hart 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
“The word is dissociate. There is no 'a' before the 'ss'. People invariably say dis-a-ssociate, which, if you're suffering Disso-ciative Identity Disorder/Multiple… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“What daily life is like for “a multiple” Imagine that you have periods of “lost time.” You may find writings or drawings… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“…is methodical abuse, often using indoctrination, aimed at breaking the will of another human being. In a 1989 report, the Ritual Abuse… — Chrystine Oksana Copy Share Image
“Although it is important to be able to recognise and disclose symptom of physical illnesses or injury, you need to be more… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Research on organised abuse emphasises the diversity of organised abuse cases, and the ways in which serious forms of child maltreatment cluster… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Dissociation and denial. Woody Allen said, “I’m not afraid of dying. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” This… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“How do we find words for describing levels of betrayal and emotional, physical, sexual and spiritual torture that fragment and destroy a… — Valerie Sinason Copy Share Image
“Throughout our times with Christopher [therapist] we were encouraged to work together at communicating on the inside. He pointed out that it… — Carolyn Bramhall 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 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/img-quotes/f99/laurie-matthew-31209_abuse-sexual-abuse_in-a-nutshell-the-process-they-abusers-i_1534823.jpg)
![“Throughout our times with Christopher [therapist] we were encouraged to work together at communicating on the inside. He pointed out that it would be good for us all to listen-in when an alter was telling his/her story - that it's now safe, no harm will come to us from telling or from knowing…” quote by Carolyn Bramhall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27c/carolyn-bramhall-55093_abuse_throughout-our-times-with-christopher-th_1496172.jpg)