“An abused child never feels safe, growing up. The wrong that this child has gone through can never be seen or easily… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Though, the type of abuse differs from each individual, all survivors of child abuse deal with a certain extent of trauma, consciously… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The worst part ever is discoursing about the abuse to anyone you trust in the family or friends and when they prefer… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Most children who survive into adulthood always have a lingering question that commonly arises as to why is there very little support… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“After all, life is a voyage, and you cannot start out this voyage all over once more. You need to be in… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Mia bottled all this up inside of her and just couldn’t manage it any longer. Mia would feel like it was entirely… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Every child apprehends, feels and changes with age and developmental stage, as they also learn to develop. Nevertheless, if you recognize what… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Many of us have been disconnected with our own individualities, our true individualities.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I believe we all heal differently, it is a process, and many like me are here to help you as you heal,… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Childhood abuse is the misuse of power and control which leads to wrong.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I recall as a child when I got so hostile that I didn’t know whom to trust anymore, and then I would… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Abused children as they grow to believe that they are damaged beyond repair.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I experience what it is to exist in perpetual fear, afraid, totally controlled, manipulated, ashamed at all times and many more things… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“As I started my personal voyage to unpack the childhood that I repressed for so long, everything unexpectedly made sense as to… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The frailty of those dark hours during the period of abuse persuades the child to think that they are incapable of causing… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“There is an intensified risk for a child living in a household experiencing domestic violence, because their basic childhood requirement is not… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Our existence is based on the variety of life that we have experienced. Yet, in the end when the reality of identity… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The truth is misrepresented, distorted, altered, tampered and changed in the mind of the child.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t some mysterious adverse personality trait that comprises of who I am, it unquestionably had a source - A cradle of… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Abused children pick up from their past encounters to expect less of themselves and others. They are not commonly taught to trust… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Are you capable to truly distinguish the person you envision in the mirror?” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Abused children often learn to block out their pain, for it is too distressing. Since it’s not possible to block emotions selectively,… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I can just conceive of the pit of despair, the notion of being powerless and the essence of existence through it entirely” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Even if I had friends or people around me it did not matter anymore, I always felt isolated and unique from all… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The sole reason I stand to open it up now is that lots of people who are in pain just like I was, and… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I CREATE my OWN DREAMS! I alone have the POWER to DESTROY or FULFILL them” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The way in which the child is manipulated pulls them into considering the lies.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Abuse ambushed my life, I could not love myself truly and could never have a healthy relationship, they were either abused or completely impaired.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Being survivors signifies that we have recognized that we have been through a lot that should never have taken place and we now hope… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“They illustrate that since no one really loves or cares for them, why should they love or care for themselves?” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“If a child is abused by a family member, most likely they blame themselves for the integral act of abuse than those that are… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The more I focus my time and energy on withstanding a real life, I am able to overcome and come out victorious.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Children are naive, they don’t possess enough skills to be able to recognize the balance between the truth and a lie.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“when these little ones don’t receive the love, they need in their homes, they seek attention outside.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“When you accept things as they are, you allow yourself to make choices, that will help create the change you seek.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“SPEAK TO THE CHILD WITHIN YOU: Tell the child within you, the one that has remained buried that the “adult” in you is positively… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
