“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
“Survivors are damaged to different degrees by their experiences. This does not depend on what happened physically. A Survivor who has been… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“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
“I like being on my own. I mean, I'm sure a Pack’s best for some dogs, but I've walked alone since I… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Those who support such survivors of abuse often find it difficult to hear the reality of those survivors' lives and experience and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Dr. Peter Levine, who has worked with trauma survivors for twenty-five years, says the single most important factor he has learned in… — Marilyn Van M. Derbur Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are… — Audre Lorde 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
“Political prisoners describe: - extreme physical and emotional torture - distortion of language, truth, meaning and reality - sham killings - begin… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
I do a lot of research. For 'I Am Legend', I did a lot of research about survivors. If everybody is dead… — Alice Braga Copy Share Image
“It was early in my career, and I had been seeing Mary, a shy, lonely, and physically collapsed young woman, for about three months… — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“If you live your life to please everyone else, you will continue to feel frustrated and powerless. This is because what others… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“He might all the same do a little something for us. We’re on our backs, doesn’t He see?' 'I’m doing my best,… — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when their families are slaughtered. Two years later,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Another preoccupation fed into this dynamic relationship between discovery and denial: does sexual abuse actually matter? Should it, in fact, be allowed?… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“TRAUMA STEALS YOUR VOICE People get so tired of asking you what's wrong and you've run out of nothings to tell them.… — nikitta gill Copy Share Image
“Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When… — Judith Lewis Herman 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
“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
