“How do I validate him in the face of such profound personal loss and the outrageous denial by the medical community?” — Mary Dimmock Copy Share Image
“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue… — Danielle Bernock Copy Share Image
“Life is fundamentally a mental state. We live in a dream world that we create. Whose life is truer, the rational man… — Kilroy J. Oldster 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
“invalidation is crazy-making, and it is also at the root of gaslighting, where victims' feelings are purposely denied or manipulated in order… — Samantha Rodman 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
“This term is used in the 1944 Ingrid Bergman film Gaslight, in which a husband purposefully drives his wife insane by flickering… — Samantha Rodman Copy Share Image
“Attitude Is Everything We live in a culture that is blind to betrayal and intolerant of emotional pain. In New Age crowds… — Sandra Lee Dennis Copy Share Image
“When the Jo personality first told him of the diagnosis, he called MPD "clinical bullshit." Then, seeing Jo's stricken look, he softened… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
